Uncle Ebo Whyte

nera
naaŋɔ	male
date of birth	1954
educated at	Presbyterian Senior High School, Osu

Uncle Uncle Ebo Whyte (a dɔgom yu'urɛ de la James Ebo Whyte; ^[1]ti ba dɔgɛ e 20 July 1954 ^[2]yuunɛ la puan) a de la Ghanaian playwright, author la motivational speaker. Iŋɛ n de sɛla ti ba yi'ira solemiine puan ti 'artistic director' gee kelum dɛna gulesa bɔna Roverman Productions. A gulesɛ la gɔnɔ 59 n boi 2008 yuunɛ la puan. A de'eŋo duma yu'ura de la 'Not My Husband, The Day Dad Came, Unhappy Wives Confused Husbands, Dear God Comma, Rejected, Dora Why, Blackmail la basɛba. Ebo Whyte n kelum gulesɛ sɛka ti ba yi'ira ti 'Rover Monthly Report': The Deal and The Perfect Couple de la Iŋa n gulesɛ

Ba yeti iŋa n de Ghana wa waabi gulesa sɛka nbde tata. A kelum suŋɛ mɛ ti theatre duma la n boi Ghana wa la nyaa tuna suŋa suŋa.^[3]^[4]

Vom la sukuu yɛla

Uncle Ebo, de la Fante nɛra to ba dɔgɛ e bɔna South Suntreso n boi Kumasi Ghana wa. A ma yuum uuli la zim kɔɔsa ti a yu'urɛ dɛna Baaba Esama gee ti a sɔ mi yuum de la 'ex-boxer' ti a yuurɛ de la Mr. Whyte.^[5] A yuum de la a ma la a sɔ bikiima gee ti ba dɔŋɛ a yele zo'e zo'e. Ebo Whyte n yuum zo'ori la iŋɛ la a ayibega n yuum kɔ'ɔm pagers taaba bala zuo la a yuuma ni yi'ira a miŋa ti a iŋa n de "more handsome, more adjusted, more intelligent". A daam yeti a yum ni zɔta la nɛreba bala, a yuuma ka tɔgeri a sukuu zamesegɔ puan.^[6] iŋa n yuum de yuum pia la a nuu la ti a sɔ yuum ki gee gee ba gee ti 15 wara sɛka ti ba yi'ira solemiine puan ti 'Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) law' la yuum baŋɛ wa'am sugera kɔma la pokɔba la.^[7]

Bala zuo la, ha yuum dikɛ e kiŋɛ la a aaseba yire ti a ta bɔna bina n boi Accra. A yuuma kiŋɛ a Secondary School la bona gee yuum loose paanu yuuma ata tara sugera a miŋa.^[8]

A pɔsega sukuu de la South Suntreso L/A middle school, n boi Kumasi gee yuum ba'asɛ bilam nyaa kiŋɛ a secondary school n boi Accra ti la dɛna Osu Presbyterian Senior High School ta to'e O' levels la A' levels. A yuuma ba'asɛ Nina yuum tum la tuuma ayoobi gee nyaa kiŋɛ University of Ghana n boi Legon ta zamesɛ 'statistics'. A yuuma boi la Commonwealth Hall, ti ba yi'ira ti Vandals.^[9] A yuum kelum zamese yɛla zo'e zo'e mɛ ta to'e Chartered accountants, ACCA la Professional Marketing Examinations, ICEM amaa ba'asegɔ puan a yuuma tee a tuuma la mɛ^[10]

A yuuma de la zuo daana bɔna 'marketing and finance' gɔnɔ koosego company puan gee nyaa yuum lebege gɔngulesa la ti ba yi'ira solemiine puan playwright.^[11]^[12]

Tuuma yɛla

Pre-playwright tuuma

A pɔsɛ a tuuma wa la 'secondary school' saŋa sa la. A tum mɛ yuuma ayoobi bɔna Ghana's SSNIT dɛna clerk iŋɛ n yuum ba'asɛ a first degree la gee kelum tum bɔna Asempa Publishers gee nyaa zuo daana bɔna 'marketing and finance' gɔnɔ koosego zi'an. A kelum tummɛ bɔna 'financial sector, pharmaceutical la automobile sectors n boi Ghana wa Dee nyaa baŋɛ lebege gulesa sɛka ti ba yi'ira ti 'playwright

A daa pɔsɛ a tuuma la n daa ba'asɛ sɛkandiri sukuu la pooren. A daa de la kilɛki bɔna Ghana SSNIT duma zi'an. N daa bo bini ita a wia 'degree la, a daa naa la Asempa Publishers duma tum, pooren ti a daa ta lebeke Makɛtin la finaasi zuodaana bɔ Challenge bookshop.

A me tum finaase tuuma mɛ, la tiim tuuma, la 'automobile tuuma ta paakɛ saŋa dee nya ta lebeke gɔngulesa la.

Wia playwright tuuma

Eŋa daa ta kɛ 'theatre sɛkendiri sukuu la de la sɛla ti a daa kamaasum.

A tere ti eŋa n daa wa bisa a sukuu 'drama tigere ti ba zamesa la, eŋa daa kɔ'ɔm lagum zamesɛ mɛ suŋa suŋa ti dase'ere daarɛ ti ba puan ayima daa ka wa'am la ti eŋa daa kɔ'ɔm soe ze'ele a duma na'arɛ nya eŋɛ eŋa nari ti eŋɛ ne sɛla la.

Ze'ele dena daarɛ la, a suure daa nya kɔ'ɔm kɛ de'enŋɔ yɛla wa puan mɛ kaŋi kaŋi dee daa nya lebeke eŋa subo'olum yele.^[13]

Eŋa daa ta ba'asɛ 'university la, eŋa daa nya dena la 'artistic director' nya tara theatre tigere n iti de'eno bɔna yindeto la sukuu duma puan, 1974 ti la yu'urɛ dena J-theatre tigere.

Ze'ele 1974 ta paakɛ 1992, ti a daa pugum gulesɛ la de'eno 17. Wia gɔŋɔ la zuo yele daa de la 'see ti asaala vɔna'.

Amaa, a daaŋɔ yele la de la n daa yeti a nya kɛ 'commercial theatre puan la, 1992.

Ze'ele 1989^[14] ta paakɛ 1992, a daa dikɛ la de'eno tu tã ti a ki'isɛ 'commercial theatre' puan dee daa koŋe dɔla la ligiri nɔŋɔ zuo. Gɔntuna wa daa dela 'sutaani pɔga la gobena zuodaana, fu sinɛ la nayigene pɔdire bii siri- ele.

Roverman Productions

Roveman productions

Bɔna 2004 puan ti a nya kɔ'ɔm kɛ theatre tuuma puan dee nya to'e a tuuma la yu'urɛ gɔŋɔ (Roverman productions).

Bɔna 2008, a daa la zigɛ commercial theatre la bisɛ. A daa dikɛ la de'eŋɔ seko n de susa'aŋɔ pɔga; ayɛmbɔya Sira. Eŋa ti a zɔ daa peŋe en ₵5000.00 ti a dikɛ yɔ dee ti gɔŋɔ la nya kɛ commercial theatre puan.

Nya ze'ele bilam a kɔ'ɔm tana gulesɛ ita commercial theatre puan mɛ. Ze'ele 2008 a daa kɔ'ɔm gulesɛ ita commercial theatre puan la bala dee tI COVID-19 ba'a^[15] la daa wa daam en wana fii.

Eŋa l a tuuma duma la nya kɔ'ɔm ita la 'virtual theatre' nya tara ba tuuma la ki'ira 'internet puan dɔla https://www.rovermanproductions.com.

A to'e yu'urɛ katɛ ti eŋa n kɔ'ɔm de na mina n guelesɛ de'enɔ suŋa suŋa gana za'a Ghana tiŋa puan dee me kɔ'ɔm nyaŋɛ tebeke theatre tuuma ti la le tara zuo hali la gobena zuo nalegereba ^[16]^[17]n daa sagum theatre tuuma basɛ la za'a^[18]

A de la sɛla ti ba yi'ira solemiine puan ti 'social commentator' gee tum paɛ yuuma piseyi la anii bɔna a de'eŋo seko ti ba yi'ira ti "Food for Thought" on the radio station n boi Joy FM.^[19]^[20]

Iŋɛ n kelum sɔna bisera sɛla n boi Facebook ti ba yi'ira di ti "Encore".^[21]

A miŋa vom yela

Uncle Ebo tari pɔga mɛ ti a yu'urɛ dɛna Florence. A di a pɔga la 1983 yuunɛ la puan amaa ba ka tari kɔma gee ba biseri kɔma zo'e zo'e mɛ.

Produced plays

Number PlayTitle Year

1 Unhappy Wives; Confused Husbands20082Mr. President your move20093The Devil in the Mirror20094What Dad Left Behind20095Dad is Mom, Mom is Dad20106House of Secrets20107Terms of Divorce20108Caught in the Act20109Different Shades of Women201110He Loves me, He loves me not201111Life is Someway201112The Day Dad Came201113Sins of the Fathers201214Trials of the Ghanaian201215Don't Mess With A Woman201216Everyone Has a Secret201217Apartment N1201318What's My Name201319Men Run Women Cry201320The Last Flight201321Make me a woman Tonight201422Games Men Play201423Unforgiven201424Women on Fire201425The Smartest Man201526Forbidden201527Bananas and Groundnuts201528Puppeteers201529One Million Pounds201630Dear God Comma201631Sankofa201632Rejected201633Blackmail201734Damaged Goods201735The Comeback201736Nicholas!201737Special Delivery201838The Women in The Bathroom201839A Crazy Ride201840Sex Scandal201841Dora Why?201942I Want Your Wife201943Not My Husband201944God You're Fired201945Final Warning2020

Viisegɔ lɔgerɔ

[1] ttps://www.modernghana.com/lifestyle/833/the-rise-and-rise-of-ebo-whyte.html

[2] ttp://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2017/july-20th/photos-audio-uncle-ebo-whyte-celebrates-63yrs-by-going-back-into-his-13-year-old-shoes.php

[3] ttps://newsghana.com.gh/uncle-ebo-whyte-tells/

[4] ttps://edition.cnn.com/videos/international/2014/04/14/spc-african-voices-james-ebo-whyte-a.cnn

[5] ttps://kuulpeeps.com/2019/08/09/this-life-story-of-renowned-playwright-uncle-ebo-whyte-is-what-you-need-to-read-today/trending/news

[6] ttps://www.forbesafrica.com/focus/2016/09/01/father-ghanaian-theater/

[7] ttps://www.forbesafrica.com/focus/2016/09/01/father-ghanaian-theater/

[8] ttps://kuulpeeps.com/2019/08/09/this-life-story-of-renowned-playwright-uncle-ebo-whyte-is-what-you-need-to-read-today/trending/news

[9] ttps://kuulpeeps.com/2019/08/09/this-life-story-of-renowned-playwright-uncle-ebo-whyte-is-what-you-need-to-read-today/trending/news

[10] ttps://www.forbesafrica.com/focus/2016/09/01/father-ghanaian-theater/

[11] ttps://www.modernghana.com/lifestyle/833/the-rise-and-rise-of-ebo-whyte.html

[12] Archive copy.

[13] ttps://edition.cnn.com/videos/international/2014/04/14/spc-african-voices-james-ebo-whyte-a.cnn

[14] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Ghanaians-don-t-utilise-their-talents-Ebo-Whyte-759948

[15] Archive copy.

[16] ttps://newsghana.com.gh/uncle-ebo-whyte-tells/

[17] ttps://edition.cnn.com/videos/international/2014/04/14/spc-african-voices-james-ebo-whyte-a.cnn

[18] ttps://www.amazon.com/Books-James-Ebo-Whyte/s?rh=n:283155,p_27:James+Ebo+Whyte

[19] ttps://newsghana.com.gh/uncle-ebo-whyte-tells/

[20] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7zgCE6gITA

[21] Archive copy.

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