{"id":440744,"date":"2017-11-24T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/24\/akan-news-difficult-than-english-akosua-ago-aboagye\/"},"modified":"2017-11-24T15:30:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:30:22","slug":"akan-news-difficult-than-english-akosua-ago-aboagye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/24\/akan-news-difficult-than-english-akosua-ago-aboagye\/","title":{"rendered":"Akan news difficult than English \u2013 Akosua Ago Aboagye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Friday, 24 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-24<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/81653375.295.jpg\" alt=\"Akosua Ago Aboagye Peace\" title=\"Akosua Ago Aboagye Peace\" width=\"295\" height=\"443\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Radio and TV personality, Akosua Ago Aboagye<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511537422_215_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">There is a perception that any career that involves the use of the local dialect, Twi, is easy to ace because not only is it used in conversations all the time, everybody even if it\u2019s not your mother tongue can easily learn to speak it.<\/p>\n<p>Professions that have such stereotyping in Ghana are acting and journalism but after 17 years of being in the local language media, Despite Group\u2019s Akosua Ago Aboagye can say with all confidence that reading news in Twi is much more difficult than doing it in English.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not as easy as people think. If there is anything that has been very difficult in my years as a broadcaster, it is reading news in Twi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c People think that we make up a lot of the things we say during the news but the thing is, what we read is written in English and you need to understand it before translating it into Twi,\u201d she said when Showbiz caught up with her at the University of Ghana Business School.<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cTo be able to read news in Twi, you have to be extremely intelligent, constantly research, be abreast of the issues and know the language well because a mistake in the pronunciation of a word changes everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Akosua, who is currently studying for her Master of Business Administration says another stereotype she has had to deal with over the years is the perception that those who read news in Twi are not well educated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have experienced it but that is far from the truth. Look at me, I have a degree in Economics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and I will soon be done with my Masters.<\/p>\n<p>My colleague, Yaa Korama also holds a degree in English, Okay FM\u2019s Kwame Nkruamah Tikese is also a lawyer and there are many others. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not illiterates and we need to be treated with all the respect we deserve. I won\u2019t lie to you, I can speak good English and I can fit in really well in any English speaking media house but I love doing Akan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So why is she still reading Twi news and doing interpretations after gaining all this knowledge? \u201cI aspire to be an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<p>I am not only into broadcasting, I run a business called Abrabopa Concepts, we are into events, production etc and I needed the requisite skills to run it smoothly. I have always had a thing for business,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Summing up how the journey began for her, she said, \u201cMine is really straight forward. I was a sports presenter in the Ashanti Region for one radio station and then I moved to Hello FM and then to Peace FM. The journey has been amazing so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Akosua has no plans to leave the Despite Group although she has been approached a number of times. \u201cI have had offers from media houses which also broadcast in the local language but I am not interested.<\/p>\n<p>I am very content where I am,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 65 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Friday, 24 November 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-11-24 Radio and TV personality, Akosua Ago Aboagye There is a perception that any career that involves the use of the local dialect, Twi, is easy to ace because not only is it used in conversations all the time, everybody even if it\u2019s not your mother tongue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":440747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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