Akofa Edjeani Asiedu

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Akofa Edjeani
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Born
Akofa Edjeani

(1969-02-20) February 20, 1969 (age 55)
Nationality Ghanaian
Education University of Ghana, Ghana Institute of Journalism
Occupations
Years active1987–present
SpouseRobert Asiedu (div)
Children2
Awards Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2010

Akofa Edjeani (born 20 February 1969) 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 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in 2008, and I Sing of a Well , the movie she starred in and co-produced, won three awards and the Best Jury Award from Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2010. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Akofa was born on 20 February 1969 and hails from Avatime Vane,an aboriginal Guan settlement in the Volta Region of Ghana. [6] [7] She had her secondary school education at Mawuli School where she started acting as a member of the school's drama club. [7] She holds a bachelor's 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

Edjeani is an actress by profession, she studied Performing Arts at the University of Ghana. She has acted in several Ghanaian and Nigerian-Ghanaian movies since mid 1990s. [10] In 1995, she acted in For Better For Worse, 2015 she featured in the British-Ghanaian award-winning movie, The Cursed Ones. [11] [10] She was a member of the Interim Governing Council of the Ghana Culture Forum. [12]

Personal life

Edjeani was married to Robert Asiedu for over 20 years, the couple later separated and divorced. In July 2018, she made it known in an interview with Deloris Frimpong Manso, on her show, The Delay Show that she was divorced but dating and planning to remarry. [13] [14] She is the sister of Constance Ama Emefa Edjeani-Afenu. She has two children.

Other ventures

Edjeani runs a restaurant in Kanda, Accra, as at 2016 she made it known in an interview that set up the restaurant 17 years ago to sell food to support her family. [15]

Selected filmography

See also

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  11. ↑ "The Making Of The Movie "The Cursed Ones"". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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