Akosua Busia

Akosua Busia

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naaŋɔ	female
country of citizenship	Ghana
name in native language	Akosua Busia
given name	Akosua
family name	Busia
date of birth	30 Sapɔɔlegɔ 1966
place of birth	Ghana
father	Kofi Abrefa Busia
sibling	Abena Busia
spouse	John Singleton
languages spoken, written or signed	English
educated at	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
academic degree	bachelor's degree
academic major	English studies, philosophy
start of work period	1979
award received	NAACP Image Awards
personal pronoun	L484

 

 From Wikidata

Ba dɔgɛ Akosua Busia la  Bureya ŋwarega la dabeserɛ piisi la atã daarɛ 1966 yuunɛ la puan. A de la Gaana wa nɛra gee lem dɛna siini itã, gulesa gɔnɔ la yuugulesa. Ba yuun mi ɛ la belam gee ŋwɛ Nettie Harris 1985 yuun la puan n de 'Color Purple'. Kofi Abrefa Busia n yuun de 'prime Minister'  Gaana wa la bia.

Busia de la mina n gulese gɔnɔ zuo zuo ti ayima dɛna Beento Blackbird. Gɔŋɔ ayima dela Washington Square Press, ti a gulese ka 1997 yuun la puan. Ayuum pa'ase la nɛreba basɛba zuo ti ba iŋɛ Toni Morrison's 1987 yuun la puan gɔŋɔ 1998 ti yuure kaŋa n de Jonathan Demme n yuum pa'ala ba bɔna 2008 yuun la.Busia yuum niŋa la siini n dɛna a sɔ N de 'The Prof. A Man n de K.A. Busia. Busia me yuum lagum iŋɛ la siini n de ''Moon Blue '' la Stevie Wonder siini n yuum dɛna 'A Time 2Love's n yese 2005 yuun la puan na.A dakere n yuum de ''Mama' yuum pa'ase la 2019 yuun la puan New Daughter of Africa, ti Margaret Busby yuum demese ka la.

Yuuma pia la anii pooren la, ti hiatus yuum bise a puyuu la. 2016 yuun la puan ti Busia yuum lebɛ siini itegɔ puan n de off-Broadway la Broadway siini itegɔ n de. Danai Gurira's play Eclipsed gee daŋɛ bala ma'a. Eŋa n yuum n iŋɛ siini la suŋa la zuo la ti ba bo'e wuure bɔna siini itegɔ puan.

2024 yuun la puan Busia yuum iŋɛ la siini ti n de 'In Search of a Blessed life' la Who Hath, ti la wana la Dag Heward Mills gɔnɔ n de ' He that Hath la to Him Shall Be. Yuun kaŋa pooren Busia yuum gulese la budaa ti ba yira ti Stevie Wonder Gaana wa, gee ti In search of a Blessed Life me yesena.

A Vom Yɛla

October ŋwarega la dabeserɛ piya la ayi daare ti Akosua Busia yuum ɛle solemiiya ti ba yira e ti John Singleton la ti ba dɔgɛ bipugela n de Hadar Busia Singleton April ŋwarega la dabesa atã daare 1997 yuun la puan. Ba yuum base taaba la June ŋwarega la puan dabeserɛ piya la anuu daare 1997 yuun la puan. Ba bipugela la yuum kiŋɛ sukuu la Gaana wa gee nyaa ta lebɛ US solemitiŋa la.

A yuum pa'ase la a sɔɔ puan ti ba bisera 'Busia Foundation International, aiming 'nyaa bisa sɛba kan nyaŋɛ bise ba mesɛ la.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Ashanti	The Senoufo Girl
1983	The Final Terror	Vanessa
1984	Louisiana	Ivy	TV movie
1985	Badge of the Assassin	Ruth	TV movie
1985	The Color Purple	Nettie Harris
1986	Crossroads	Woman at Boardinghouse
1986	Low Blow	Karma
1986	Hard Lessons	Cynthia Byers
1986	Native Son	Bessie
1988	Saxo	Puppet
1988	The Seventh Sign	Penny Washburn
1991	New Jack City	Courtroom Spectator	Uncredited
1997	Rosewood	Jewel
1997	Mad City	Diane
1997	Ill Gotten Gains	Fey
2003	Tears of the Sun	Patience
2007	Ascension Day	Cherry
2024	In Search of a Blessed Life	Mrs. Johnson	Drama
2024	Stevie Wonder in Ghana: In Search of a Blessed Life		Documentary, inspired by Busia's drama of the same name