Akosua Busia
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | Ghana, 30 Disamba 1966 (57 shekaru) |
ƙasa | Ghana |
Ƴan uwa | |
Mahaifi | Kofi Abrefa Busia |
Abokiyar zama |
John Singleton (en) ![]() |
Ahali | Abena Busia |
Karatu | |
Makaranta |
Central School of Speech and Drama (en) ![]() |
Matakin karatu | Digiri |
Harsuna | Turanci |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | Jarumi, marubin wasannin kwaykwayo, marubuci, mai rubuta waka, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, Marubuci da darakta |
Muhimman ayyuka |
Ashanti (en) ![]() The Final Terror (en) ![]() Louisiana Badge of the Assassin (en) ![]() The Color Purple (en) ![]() Crossroads (en) ![]() Low Blow (en) ![]() Native Son (en) ![]() Saxo (en) ![]() The Seventh Sign (en) ![]() New Jack City (en) ![]() Rosewood (en) ![]() Mad City (en) ![]() Tears of the Sun (en) ![]() |
Kyaututtuka |
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IMDb | nm0124333 |
Akosua Gyamama Busia (an haife ta 30 ga watan Disamba Shekara alif 1966)[1][2] yar wasan Ghana ce, Kuma darektan fina-finai, marubuciya kuma marubuciyan waƙa wanda ke zaune a Burtaniya. An fi saninta da matsayinta na Nettie Harris a cikin fim ɗin 1985 The Color Purple tare da Whoopi Goldberg.
Iyali da farkon rayuwa[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Busia 'yar Kofi Abrefa Busia ce, wanda ya kasance firayim minista na Jamhuriyar Ghana (daga shekarar alif 1969 zuwa shekarar Alif 1972)[3] kuma basarake na gidan sarauta na Wenchi,[4] wani rukuni na Ashanti, wanda ya sa Akosua ta zama gimbiya. 'Yar uwarta, Abena Busia, mawakiya ce kuma malama, wacce farfesa ce a Turanci a Jami'ar Rutgers,[5] kuma tun shekarar 2017 ta kasance jakadan Ghana a Brazil.
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Busia ta girma a kasar Ghana, kuma ta fara aikinta tun tana Yar shekara 16, tana halartar Makarantar Sakandare ta Magana da Wasan kwaikwayo ta London kan malanta.[6] Matsayinta na farko shine kamar Juliet a cikin wani farin farar fata wanda ke yin Shakespeare na Romeo da Juliet a Jami'ar Oxford, inda 'yan uwanta suke karatu.[6]
Aiki[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Matsayin Busia na fim sun hada da rawar gani kamar Bessie a cikin fim din shekara Alif 1986 na Richard Wright's novel Native Son (tare da Geraldine Page da Matt Dillon). Ta kuma yi rawar gani a cikin Hard Lessons tare da Denzel Washington da Lynn Whitfield a shekara alif 1986.[7] Busia ta buga Nettie (Danny gaban Glover da Whoopi Goldberg) a cikin Steven Spielberg na shekarar alif 1985 The Color Purple,[8] wanda aka samo daga littafin Alice Walker na wannan taken, kamar yadda Ruth a Badge of the Assassin (1985) kamar yadda Jewel a cikin Rosewood na John Singleton (1997)[9] kuma kamar yadda Patience a cikin Tears of the Sun na Antoine Fuqua (2003).[10] Ta kuma bayyana a talabijin a cikin jerin ER.[4]
Busia ita ce marubucin The Seasons of Beento Blackbird: A Novel (Washington Square Press, 1997, ISBN 9780671014094).[11][12] Tana daya daga cikin marubutan guda uku don daidaita yanayin wasan kwaikwayon na Toni Morrison na 1987 Beloved a fim din 1998 na wannan sunan wanda Jonathan Demme ya jagoranta.[13] A shekara ta 2008 Busia ta jagoranci fim game da mahaifinta: The Prof. A Man Remembered. Life, Vision & Legacy of K.A. Busia.[14] Busia ta kuma rubuta wakar "Moon Blue" tare da Stevie Wonder don kundin sa mai suna A Time 2 Love, wanda aka saki a 2005.[15] An saka waƙinta "Mama" a cikin tarihin rayuwar New Daughters of Africa na 2019, wanda Margaret Busby ta shirya.[16]
Bayan hiatus na shekaru 18 don haɓaka 'yarta, a cikin 2016 Busia ta dawo don yin aiki a cikin hanyar Broadway da Broadway na wasan Danai Gurira Eclipsed, tare da Lupita Nyong'o.[17] Don aikinta a kashe-Broadway, ta sami lambar yabo ta Obie don Babban Ayyuka kamar Rita.
Rayuwa ta sirri[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
A ranar 12 ga Oktoba 1996, Akosua Busia ta auri daraktan fim din Amurka John Singleton, wanda yake da 'ya mace[13] - Hadar Busia-Singleton (an haife shi 3 Afrilu 1997); ma'auratan sun sake su a ranar 15 ga Yuni 1997. Yarinyarsu ta halarci makaranta a Ghana, kafin ta dawo Amurka.[4]
Ta yi hadin gwiwa tare da 'yar uwarta Abena Busia the Busia Foundation International, da nufin "ba da taimako ga nakasassu".[18]
Filmography[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Shekara | Take | Matsayi | Bayanan kula |
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1979 | Ashanti | Yarinyar Senoufo | |
1983 | The Final Terror | Vanessa | |
1984 | Louisiana | Ivy | Fim ɗin TV |
1985 | Badge of the Assassin | Ruth | Fim ɗin TV |
1985 | The Color Purple | Nettie Harris | |
1986 | Crossroads | Mace a Boardinghouse | |
1986 | Low Blow | Karma | |
1986 | Hard Lessons (a.k.a. The George McKenna Story | Cynthia Byers | |
1986 | Native Son | Bessie | |
1988 | Saxo | Yar tsana | |
1988 | The Seventh Sign | Penny Washburn | |
1991 | New Jack City | Mai kallon Kotun | Mara daraja |
1997 | Rosewood | Jewel | |
1997 | Mad City | Diane | |
1997 | Ill Gotten Gains | Fey | |
2003 | Tears of the Sun | Hakuri | |
2007 | Ascension Day | Cherry |
Manazarta[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
- ↑ Who's Who Among African Americans. 22. Gale Research. 2008. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-4144-3400-1.
- ↑ McCann, Bob (2010). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses In Film And Television. McFarland. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7864-3790-0.
- ↑ Takyi, Charles (22 December 2009). "Busia's family endorses new secretary for NPP". The Ghanaian Chronicle.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kiesewetter, John (7 April 1999). "'ER' actress dreams about having it all". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ↑ "Busia, Abena - Professor", Department of Women's and Gender Studies. Archived 4 ga Maris, 2016 at the Wayback Machine, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Smith, Gail (4 December 1998), "Just don't say 'no'", Mail & Guardian (South Africa).
- ↑ Akosua Busia on IMDb.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Donald (19 June 1990). "Akosua Busia's Dual Performance In 'Color Purple' Still Astonishing". Rocky Mountain News.
- ↑ Levin, Jordan (30 June 1996). "On Location: Dredging in the Deep South". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ↑ Fuchs, Cynthia (8 March 2003). "Tears of the Sun: Review". PopMatters.
- ↑ Rush, George (17 April 1997). "D'Angelo joins Al's bev-y of beauties". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ↑ "Writer", Akosua Busia website.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Fierman, Daniel (October 16, 1998). "Brawl Over 'Beloved'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 March 2007.
- ↑ "The Prof: A Man Remembered". Archived 3 ga Maris, 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "The wonder of it all". The Detroit News. 8 October 2005.
- ↑ Maxwell, Anne (19 July 2019). "The many urgent voices of women writers from Africa". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ Mark Kennedy, "Akosua Busia re-emerges in the spotlight in ‘Eclipsed’", Washington Times, 23 March 2016.
- ↑ Foundations, Akosua Busia website.