{"id":125272,"date":"2023-11-29T12:43:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/29\/agya-koo-blames-his-sidelining-for-the-collapse-of-kumawood\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T12:43:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:43:56","slug":"agya-koo-blames-his-sidelining-for-the-collapse-of-kumawood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/29\/agya-koo-blames-his-sidelining-for-the-collapse-of-kumawood\/","title":{"rendered":"Agya Koo blames his sidelining for the collapse of Kumawood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Veteran Ghanaian actor Agya Koo has attributed the collapse of the Kumawood movie industry to his sidelining for roles at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Speaking on Kumasi-based radio\u00a0Ezra FM, Agya Koo claimed that his exclusion at the time significantly impacted the industry, particularly because he remains the most marketable Ghanaian actor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-995942 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Agya-koo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"588\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThey sidelined me, and now they blame the emergence of CDs for the collapse of the industry, which is not true. But they will not accept this fact,\u201d Agya Koo lamented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The veteran actor recalled the once vibrant Kumawood industry, noting that his name was synonymous with Ghanaian cinema, especially among the Ghanaian diaspora, notably in the USA.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-995944 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Agya-koo-22.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"673\" height=\"673\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He emphasised that inquiries about Ghanaian movies would invariably include the key question:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIs Agya Koo part of the cast?\u201d This, according to him, was evidence of his unmatched marketability and influence at the time until he was sidelined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThough I was not the only one acting at the time when people wanted to watch Ghanaian movies, they mentioned the name Agya Koo. Why didn\u2019t they ask for someone else\u2019s name?\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Agya Koo\u2019s sidelining coincided with the emergence of CDs, which some industry players cite as the primary reason for Kumawood\u2019s decline. However, Agya Koo maintains that his exclusion played a more significant role.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-995945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Agya-koo-120.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"446\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe emergence of CDs might have contributed, but it\u2019s not the main reason. I was the one pulling people to the cinemas, and when I was sidelined, the industry started to decline,\u201d Agya Koo asserted.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran Ghanaian actor Agya Koo has attributed the collapse of the Kumawood movie industry to his sidelining for roles at the time. Speaking on Kumasi-based radio\u00a0Ezra FM, Agya Koo claimed that his exclusion at the time significantly impacted the industry, particularly because he remains the most marketable Ghanaian actor. \u201cThey sidelined me, and now they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Agya Koo blames his sidelining for the collapse of Kumawood - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/29\/agya-koo-blames-his-sidelining-for-the-collapse-of-kumawood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Agya Koo blames his sidelining for the collapse of Kumawood - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Veteran Ghanaian actor Agya Koo has attributed the collapse of the Kumawood movie industry to his sidelining for roles at the time. 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