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{{infobox person
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| name = Akofa Edjeani Asiedu
{{notability|date=November 2017}}
| birth_name = Akofa Edjeani Asiedu
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| birth_date = {{{{birth date and age|1969|02|20}}
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| nationality = [[Ghana|Ghanaian]]
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| education = [[University of Ghana]], [[Ghana Institute of Journalism]]
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Actress]][[producer]] entrepreneur|}}
| spouse =
| children = 3
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'''Akofa Edjeani Asiedu''' is a [[Ghanaian]] veteran [[film]] [[actress]],[[producer]] and entrepreneur. Her short film, "Not My Daughter" (a film about female genital mutilation), won Best Short Film award at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in 2008 and "I Sing of A Well" the movie she starred in and co- produced as well, won 3 awards and the Best Jury Award from African Movie Academy Awards in 2010.<ref name="IMDB">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1960789/|title=|date=|work=imdb.com|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=27 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="GH Today">{{cite web|url=https://www.todaygh.com/pay-attention-arts-culture-akofa-edjeani/
'''Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante''' is a [[Ghanaian]] [[film]] [[actress]], producer and director, and [[philanthropist]]. Her latest film, ''SilveRain'', was nominated for - Best Film in West Africa and Best costume for 2015 in the Africa Magic viewer's choice awards (AMVCA) and also 2015 {{cite web|title=Best Overall Film In Africa|url=http://africamagic.dstv.com/2015/12/11/amvca-2016-full-nomination-list/}} In 1999 Asante started the production house {{cite web|title=Eagle House Productions|url=http://www.eagleproductionslimited.com/about.html}} That same year she also started "Save Our Women International",<ref>{{cite web|title=Save our Women International|url=http://www.saveourwomeninternational.org/about.html|publisher=SOWI|accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref> a non-profit entity focussing on female sexual education and launched an innovation that makes short movies for the mobile phone in [[Africa]] in 2014 called {{cite web|title=Mobile Flicks|url=http://www.theafricandream.net/juliet-asante-believes-in-ghana-fi//}} She is also the Founder and Executive Director of {{cite web|title=Black Star International Film Festival|url=http://africamagic.dstv.com/2015/12/11/amvca-2016-full-nomination-list/}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/spotlight-on-filmmaker-juliet-yaa-asantewaa-asante_us_58d565aae4b0c0980ac0e5bd|title=Spotlight on Filmmaker Juliet Yaa Asantewaa Asante|last=Television|first=New York Women In Film &|date=2017-03-27|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-29}}</ref> Eagle Productions has helped train some actors and actresses in Ghana through its training arm, the Eagle Drama Workshop.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.tiaw.org/resource/collection/581E64AE-930D-472A-8CAA-BCE515E7DAFF/2009_WOD.pdf|title = The International Alliance for Women|last = |first = |date = |journal = |accessdate = 26 November 2014|doi = |pmid = }}</ref>
|title=Pay attention to arts & culture — Akofa Edjeani |date=18 September 2017|work=todaygh.com|publisher=Ghana Today|accessdate=27 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="yen news">{{cite web|url=https://yen.com.gh/84998-we-female-writers-producers-story-women-change-akofa-edjeani-asiedu.html#84998|title=We need more female writers and producers so that the story about women will change - Akofa Edjeani Asiedu |date=18 October 2017|work=yen.com.gh|publisher=Yen GH|accessdate=27 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="adom online news">{{cite web|url=https://www.adomonline.com/ghana-news/movies-have-reduced-women-to-husband-snatchers-akofa-edjeani/|title=Movies have reduced women to husband snatchers – Akofa Edjeani |date=1 December 2016|work=adomonline.com|publisher=ADOM Online|accessdate=27 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="mtn pulse">{{cite web|url=
https://pulse.mtn.com.gh/entertainment/feel-young-look-forward-remarry-even-though-im-49-afoka-edjeani-asiedu-40477/|title=I feel young and look forward to remarry even though I’m 49 – Afoka Edjeani Asiedu|date=23 July 2018|work=pulse.mtn.com.gh|publisher=MTN Pulse|accessdate=27 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="ghana crusader">{{cite web|url=
https://www.ghanacrusader.com/veteran-actress-akorfa-edjeani-leads-new-role-amina/|title=Veteran actress Akorfa Edjeani leads new role ‘Amina’|date=19 August 2017|work=ghanacrusader.com|publisher=Ghana Crusader|accessdate=27 October 2018}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life and Education ==
Akofa was born on 20 February 1969 in [[Ghana]].<ref>https://digiguide.tv/celebrity/Akofa+Edjeani+Asiedu/204388/</ref> She had her secondary school education at [[St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School ]]. She holds a bachelors of degree in Arts from the [[University of Ghana]] Performing Arts and a certificate in PR, Marketing and advertising from the Ghana Institute of Journalism (1995).<ref>https://www.ikennaobi.com/u-k-cinemas-welcome-children-of-the-mountain/</ref><ref>
Asante was born in [[Ghana]] and is the second of five children. She holds a Master's degree in Public Administration (MPA) and a Master's in Public Policy (MPP) from [[Harvard Kennedy School of Government]]. She also holds two Bachelor's degrees. She graduated from [[University of Cape Coast]], and also graduated from [[National Film and Television Institute]].<ref name="Modern Ghana">{{cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/lifestyle/549/16/juliet-asante-it-may-be-much-work-but-she-enjoys-d.html|title=Juliet Asante: It May Be Much Work But She Enjoys Doing Them|date=21 November 2008|work=Modern Ghana|publisher=MG Media Group|accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref>
https://mobile.ghananews.xyz/delay-interviews-akofa-edjeani-asiedu/</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
She started her acting career in 1987 and made her debut in "Annette" and "Jagger Pee" TV series. She also starred in "Ultimate Paradise" in the 1990's.
Asante started her acting career at the age of 17{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} and was awarded ‘Best Actress’ in Ghana in 2001.{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}} She later went to the National Film and Television institute of Ghana, where she got her first class honors in Film Directing.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} She also holds a diploma from the [[New York Film Academy]] and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}


===Production===
Some of the films in which she has acted are ''Twin Lovers'', ''Fresh Blood'', ''Tears of Blood'', ''Ripples'', and ''Thread of Ananse''.<ref name="Modern Ghana"/> She appeared in the 1996 film ''[[Deadly Voyage]]'' as Albert Mensah's wife.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://m.imdb.com/name/nm5183296/|title = Juliet Asante|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = IMDB|last = |first = }}</ref> She has written, directed and produced shows on Ghana television, such as ''Obaby'', a dating show, and ''Secrets'', a drama series for which she is also executive producer.<ref name="Modern Ghana" /> In the last quarter of 2014 she completed work on her first feature film, ''Silver Rain''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Silver Rain Movie|url=http://www.mysilverrainmovie.com|publisher=Silver Rain|accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref> She owns the Eagle Drama Workshop.<ref name="Modern Ghana" />
Akofa has produced :
* ''I Sing of a Well'' - a 2009 drama about Prince Wenambe who hands the little kingdom of Kotengbi over to Mansa Musa.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1960789/</ref>


Asante is the editor of the entertainment magazine ''Entertainment Today'' and its companion television programme.<ref name="Modern Ghana" /> She is also a [[blog]]ger for ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Juliet Asante|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliet-asante/|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref>


== Selected filmography ==
She was the organizer of the Voice Of Africa Forum, aimed at closing the gap between media entrepreneurs and investments, and an active participant in the Africa Media Initiative.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.africafilms.tv/en/personnes/482?PHPSESSID=0kedk53vjqnc4gj13lqcb4ih10|title = Biography and Filmography|date = |accessdate = 22 November 2014|website = |publisher = Africa Films|last = |first = }}</ref> She mentors at the [[MIT]] {{cite web|title=Legatum Center|url=https://legatum.mit.edu/juliet-asante}} Juliet served as president of the Ghana chapter of [[Women in Film and Television International]].<ref name="Modern Ghana" />
<!--A list of Akofa Edjeani Asiedu's starred movies.-->
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*''For Better For Worse'' 1995
*''Divine Love''
*''Holby City''
*''My Mother's Heart 1&2''
*''Life in Slow Motion''
*''Pieces of Me''
*''The Cursed Ones''
*''Children of the Mountain''
*''Sidechic Gang''
*''Lucky''
*''Azali''
*''Cant Say Mother''
*''Dark Spot''
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== Honours ==
Honours include:
* ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''′s "Next Generation International TV" (2009)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://hollywoodreporter.com/news/gen-intl-tv-class-89444?mobile_redirect=false|title=Award}}</ref>
* The ‘"World of A Difference 100 Most Impactful Women" by the Alliance for Women (TIAW) (2009){{Citation needed|date = November 2014}}
* Ghana’s Assoc. of Women Entrepreneur leaders (2009){{Citation needed|date = November 2014}}
* Best Actress Award of Ghana (2009){{Citation needed|date = June 2015}}


== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|5183296}}
*{{IMDb name|1960789}}
* [https://filmow.com/akofa-edjeani-asiedu-a425055/]
* [https://www.newsghana.com.gh/giovani-hosts-veteran-actress-akofa-edjeani-asiedu/]
* [https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/asiedu-why-more-women-are-needed-in-the-movie-industry.228350/]
* [https://nollywoodboulevard.com/celebrity_tag/akofa-edjeani-asiedu/]
* [https://www.moviebuff.com/akofa-edjeani-asiedu]
* [http://www.livingly.com/Akofa+Edjeani+Asiedu/pictures/pro]
* [https://www.cinemagia.ro/actori/akofa-edjeani-asiedu-619923/]




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Revision as of 18:38, 27 October 2018

{{infobox person | name = Akofa Edjeani Asiedu | birth_name = Akofa Edjeani Asiedu | birth_date = {{ (1969-02-20) February 20, 1969 (age 55) | nationality = Ghanaian | education = University of Ghana, Ghana Institute of Journalism

| occupation =

| spouse = | children = 3 }}


Akofa Edjeani Asiedu is a Ghanaian veteran film actress,producer and entrepreneur. Her short film, "Not My Daughter" (a film about female genital mutilation), won Best Short Film award at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in 2008 and "I Sing of A Well" the movie she starred in and co- produced as well, won 3 awards and the Best Jury Award from African Movie Academy Awards in 2010.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Early life and Education

Akofa was born on 20 February 1969 in Ghana.[7] She had her secondary school education at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School . She holds a bachelors of degree in Arts from the University of Ghana Performing Arts and a certificate in PR, Marketing and advertising from the Ghana Institute of Journalism (1995).[8][9]

Career

She started her acting career in 1987 and made her debut in "Annette" and "Jagger Pee" TV series. She also starred in "Ultimate Paradise" in the 1990's.

Production

Akofa has produced :

  • I Sing of a Well - a 2009 drama about Prince Wenambe who hands the little kingdom of Kotengbi over to Mansa Musa.[10]


Selected filmography

  • For Better For Worse 1995
  • Divine Love
  • Holby City
  • My Mother's Heart 1&2
  • Life in Slow Motion
  • Pieces of Me
  • The Cursed Ones
  • Children of the Mountain
  • Sidechic Gang
  • Lucky
  • Azali
  • Cant Say Mother
  • Dark Spot


References

  1. ^ imdb.com. IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1960789/. Retrieved 27 October 2018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Pay attention to arts & culture — Akofa Edjeani". todaygh.com. Ghana Today. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ "We need more female writers and producers so that the story about women will change - Akofa Edjeani Asiedu". yen.com.gh. Yen GH. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Movies have reduced women to husband snatchers – Akofa Edjeani". adomonline.com. ADOM Online. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  5. ^ "I feel young and look forward to remarry even though I'm 49 – Afoka Edjeani Asiedu". pulse.mtn.com.gh. MTN Pulse. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Veteran actress Akorfa Edjeani leads new role 'Amina'". ghanacrusader.com. Ghana Crusader. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  7. ^ https://digiguide.tv/celebrity/Akofa+Edjeani+Asiedu/204388/
  8. ^ https://www.ikennaobi.com/u-k-cinemas-welcome-children-of-the-mountain/
  9. ^ https://mobile.ghananews.xyz/delay-interviews-akofa-edjeani-asiedu/
  10. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1960789/


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