{"id":468943,"date":"2018-03-02T00:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T00:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/02\/comedian-ghana-boy-goes-blind-appeals-for-support\/"},"modified":"2018-03-02T00:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T00:30:28","slug":"comedian-ghana-boy-goes-blind-appeals-for-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/02\/comedian-ghana-boy-goes-blind-appeals-for-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Ghana Boy goes blind; appeals for support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Thursday,  1 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>adomonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-03-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/31571906.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana Boy Comedian\" title=\"Ghana Boy Comedian\" width=\"295\" height=\"145\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Comedian Ghana Boy<\/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\/03\/1519950628_554_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghanaian comedian, Samuel Otto, known in showbiz as Ghana Boy, has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians to help him make a living as a blind man.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana Boy was part of the early group of comedians who starred in Keysoap Concert Party.<\/p>\n<p>He performed alongside the likes of Bob Okala, Bob Santo and Nkomode, Agya Koo and many others.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview on KOFI TV , Ghana Boy said he started losing his sight when he returned from the United States of America (USA) to join Kumawood.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that, his predicaments have made him homeless, in spite of his role in raising high the flag of Ghana as a comedian.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana Boy said his eye problems started in 2007 and have eventually rendered him blind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy living condition is very bad and many people have neglected me because of my blindness. I don\u2019t have a place to live and even what to eat is also a problem for me\u201d, he said with worry on his face.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, despite being blind, he could still do jobs like acting, working on radio among others but he is not offered the chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am only blind but my senses are working correctly and can do many other jobs, like acting movies, being on radio, I can do all these things\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He has appealed to the owners of radio stations, directors and producers of movies to engage him since he still has the skills.<\/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 Thursday, 1 March 2018 Source: adomonline.com 2018-03-01 Comedian Ghana Boy Ghanaian comedian, Samuel Otto, known in showbiz as Ghana Boy, has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians to help him make a living as a blind man. Ghana Boy was part of the early group of comedians who starred in Keysoap Concert Party. 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