{"id":251290,"date":"2024-11-15T09:41:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T09:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/15\/ghanaian-entertainers-need-to-explore-beyond-nigeria-ob-amponsah\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T09:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T09:41:23","slug":"ghanaian-entertainers-need-to-explore-beyond-nigeria-ob-amponsah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/15\/ghanaian-entertainers-need-to-explore-beyond-nigeria-ob-amponsah\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian entertainers need to explore beyond Nigeria &#8211; OB Amponsah\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria is widely known to have the most successful entertainment industry in Africa, making them a major competitor to other countries, including Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has generated several debates among industry players and stakeholders in the sector. Some Ghanaian entertainers have accepted the fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Ghanaian comedian OB Amponsah has a different opinion about the comparison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview on Joy Prime\u2019s Changes show, he clarified that Nigeria is not a competitor for Ghanaian comedians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He explained that Africa is large and contains many countries, urging Ghanaian entertainers to consider exploring other territories beyond Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe space is big and Africa is huge, and when you travel outside Ghana, you would realise that there\u2019s a lot of common stuff that we all share as Africans. So, I feel like the space is broad and we should explore beyond the Nigerian mentality because even between us and Nigeria, there\u2019s Togo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further told Roselyn Felli that the majority of Ghanaian comedians, including himself, have performed in other international countries in the same way as their Nigerian counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, attention has been shifted from Nigerians, although their entertainers are usually invited to perform on platforms together with Ghanaians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI feel like our focus is too much on Nigeria. I\u2019ve performed in Rwanda, Zambia, and South Africa. Oh Joo and Ebenezer Dwomoh went to Kenya to do shows; Jacinta has performed at Apollo. So, Nigerians are not like our competition,\u201d he cleared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stated that they have woven stand-up comedy into the minds of Ghanaians, which allows them to outshine Nigerian comedians on Ghanaian stages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comedian thinks Ghanaian entertainers should rather consider exploring the Nigerian space to also dominate their industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, Ghanaian comedians have developed a strategy of connecting with other international comedians and not only Nigeria to enable them to break into the global market farther, according to OB Amponsah.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria is widely known to have the most successful entertainment industry in Africa, making them a major competitor to other countries, including Ghana. 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