{"id":468205,"date":"2018-02-27T19:45:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T19:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/why-i-chose-acting-over-politics-kufuors-son-explains\/"},"modified":"2018-02-27T19:45:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T19:45:49","slug":"why-i-chose-acting-over-politics-kufuors-son-explains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/why-i-chose-acting-over-politics-kufuors-son-explains\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I chose acting over politics \u2013 Kufuor\u2019s son explains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Tuesday, 27 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-27<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/95648456.295.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie Kufour2\" title=\"Eddie Kufour2\" width=\"295\" height=\"204\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Edward Kufuor<\/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\/2018\/02\/1519760749_542_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Edward Kufuor, the son of the former President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor, has explained why he decided to pursue a career in acting, rather than follow in the steps of his father to become a politician.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kufuor, who made an appearance on the hit satirical show After Hours with Mikki Osei Berko on TV3, also revealed that in addition to being an actor and a businessman, he is also a farmer and a pastor.<\/p>\n<p>Having made his debut theatre performance in 1986, Edward Kufuor bemoaned the seriousness attached to the acting profession in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not quite understand the importance of investment in the Ghana film industry,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He said given the opportunity, he would like to contribute meaningfully to policy making that will help the film industry in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, policy making is one part of what I believe. We tend to just sit and complain a lot. If you have the capacity or the opportunity and sit back and complain then you are not part of the solution; you are part of the problem. So if the opportunity comes up, and it is not just being in a certain position, it is just doing whatever you can in your little area to make a change in the right direction,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 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 Tuesday, 27 February 2018 Source: 3news.com 2018-02-27 Edward Kufuor Edward Kufuor, the son of the former President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor, has explained why he decided to pursue a career in acting, rather than follow in the steps of his father to become a politician. 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