{"id":447229,"date":"2017-12-15T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T00:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/i-dropped-out-of-school-due-to-financial-difficulty-nana-ama-mcbrown\/"},"modified":"2017-12-15T00:00:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T00:00:33","slug":"i-dropped-out-of-school-due-to-financial-difficulty-nana-ama-mcbrown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/i-dropped-out-of-school-due-to-financial-difficulty-nana-ama-mcbrown\/","title":{"rendered":"I dropped out of school due to financial difficulty \u2013 Nana Ama McBrown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Thursday, 14 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>kasapafmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/44691318.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mcbrown Blue Sweater\" title=\"Mcbrown Blue Sweater\" width=\"295\" height=\"367\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Nana Ama Mcbrown<\/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=151125813995117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813995117\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513296033_849_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghanaian actress, Nana Ama McBrown, has revealed she dropped out of Junior High School while in form 2.<\/p>\n<p>She also disclosed she never got the chance to sit for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) while a student at Kwadaso L.A. J.S.S.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the large family size at the time coupled with the economic situation did not favour her to complete school and had to bow of school early in pursuit of other interests especially professional football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dropped out of JSS because my parents were unable to finance my education. I don\u2019t have a certificate even though I wish I had,\u201d she disclosed to students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) during this year\u2019s edition of \u2018Tek Talk\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Though she observed that it has remained one of the major challenges in her life, it does not suggest the end of life as she appears to be doing well in other areas.<\/p>\n<p>She, however, hinted of plans to further her education in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe I don\u2019t have a degree or educational certificates but I will do them some day. I want to use this opportunity to urge you not to allow challenges like this to weigh you down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe yourself and do not strive to be like Nana Ama McBrown because you will remain in my shadow if you want to be like me,\u201d she advised.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Biography  <\/p>\n<p>Felicity Ama Agyemang known as Nana Ama McBrown is an actress and a music writer. She found mainstream success following her rousing performance in the Twi-language movie Asoreba. Asoreba is often cited as the movie that ushered Twi-language Ghanaian movies into the mainstream, a fact that is attributed to Nana Ama\u2019s performance in the film.<\/p>\n<p>Although often overshadowed by her English-speaking counterparts across West Africa, Nana Ama, in recent years has gathered a strong loyal following of her own among Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 57 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 Thursday, 14 December 2017 Source: kasapafmonline.com 2017-12-14 Nana Ama Mcbrown Ghanaian actress, Nana Ama McBrown, has revealed she dropped out of Junior High School while in form 2. 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