Deborah Owusu-Bonsu

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Deborah Owusu-Bonsu
Born
Deborah Vanessa Owusu-Bonsu

(1984-08-25) 25 August 1984 (age 39)
Other namesSister Derby, Sister Deborah, Deborah Vanessa
Education Wesley Girls' High School
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Bachelor's Degree)
University of the Arts London (Master Degree)
Occupation(s)Television presenter, model, academic
Years active1994–present

Deborah Owusu-Bonsu (born 25 August 1984) better known by her stage name as Sister Derby or Sister Deborah [1] is a Ghanaian-Romanian television presenter, musician and model of Akan origin and a former presenter at e.tv Ghana. [2]

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Early life and education

Deborah Vanessa Owusu-Bonsu was born on 25 August August, 1984, to an Ashanti father and a Romanian mother. Both of her parents were collectors of world music and art. She is a television show host, model, musician, academic, and graphic artist. [3] Owusu-Bonsu is the sister of popular hip life musician Wanlov the Kubolor who starred in the film Coz Ov MDeborah oni. [3] Owusu-Bonsu attended Christ the King International School, then Wesley Girls' High School. [3] She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Publishing Studies from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology followed by a Master Degree in Book/Journal Publishing from the University of the Arts London. [3]

Professional career

In 2012, Deborah Vanessa Owusu-Bonsu recorded and released a single (music) entitled 'Uncle Obama' referring to Barack Obama in which was covered by United States television network CNN. [4] Since 2012, Deborah Vanessa Owusu-Bonsu was the host of The Late Nite Celebrity Show program broadcast by television network e.tv Ghana. [5] She later moved to GHOne Television where she hosted her show, Gliterrati for a brief period before handing over to Berla Mundi. [6]

Ghana Jollof

In the mid-2010s when the competition among West Africans about whose Jollof rice was better, expanded into the "Jollof Wars". [7] The "Jollof War" competition is especially prominent between Nigeria and Ghana. [8] [9] [10] In 2016 Deborah Vanessa Owusu-Bonsu released "Ghana Jollof", which poked fun at the Nigerian version and at Nigerians for being proud of their version. [11]

Personal life

She dated rapper Medikal for three years, before breaking up in 2018. [12] [13] Shortly after she introduced one David as her new partner but shortly after that relationship ended. After that turn of events, the uncle Obama hit-maker revealed in an interview that she is done with men.

Activism

Deborah Vanessa Owusu-Bonsu has been actively involved in sanitation and recycling campaigns using her music. In 2018, she made a call on the government of Ghana to ban the use of plastic bags. [14] In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she and her brother (Wanlov the Kubolor) made nosemasks from recycled secondhand clothing to help reduce clothing waste from dumpsites and the sea. [15] [16]

Owusu-Bonsu has also been vocal about the rights of LGBT+ individuals in Ghana. In 2021, she spoke against the Ghanaian anti-LGBT bill and the shutting down of the LGBT+ Rights Ghana office. [17] [18] [19] She also featured on Angel Maxine's Kill The Bill and Wo Fie, which used music to advocate for the rights of LGBT+ individuals in Ghana. [20] [21] [22]

Discography

Singles

YearTitleArtist
2012Uncle ObamaSister Deborah ft (FOKN Bois)
2015KikolikoSister Deborah ft (Joey B) [23] [24] [25]
2016Ghana JollofSister Deborah [11]
2017SampananaSister Deborah ft (Medikal) [26] [27]
2018Pure WaterSister Deborah ft (Efya) [28] [29] [30]
2018Kakalika LoveSister Deborah ft (Efo Chameleon) [31] [32]
2019LibilibiSister Deborah ft (Yaa Pono) [33]

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