Veteran actor Kofi Adjorlolo has said that being an actor in the 21 century is challenging and un

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He further states that he will discourage her children in case they express a desire to become actresses or actors.

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“Honestly, I wouldn’t encourage my children to go into acting. The current situation in Ghana isn’t encouraging, attractive, or enabling for young ones to thrive in this field. Do we even have insurance to back our actors and actresses?” he stated.

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Aside from acting, Mr Adjorlolo also shared a little about his early life, revealing his deep love for music.

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According to him, he had a passion for music growing up and even learned how to play a musical instrument at a very young age.

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“I love music so much that as of 8 years old, I could play the trumpet so well,” Kofi disclosed.

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In 2023, the Africa Movie Academy Awards, in its 19th year, held a media soirée on Sunday, October 15, 2023, at the Ibis Style Hotel in Accra, One Airport Square.

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Actor, Kofi Adjorlolo, in attendance, voiced his dismay at Ghana's failure to secure a single nomination for this year's event.

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He expressed his disappointment, stating that Ghana's inability to secure a nomination at the prestigious continental film awards ceremony was both shameful and indicative of the declining standards of the film industry in the country.

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“I’m not happy. It doesn’t make me happy. And actually, I should be ashamed. Apparently, I am not a filmmaker, I am not a producer, and this is so shameful. We have done films in this country since last year, most of the films are not up to standard. It clearly shows and this is it because if they were up to standard, AMAA will definitely nominate one or two films from Ghana,” he said.

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He mentioned that the present generation of filmmakers lacks the necessary skills and resources to create outstanding cinematic productions, leading to their inability to secure a place in the awards ceremony.

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“Like I said, these young producers, they don’t have money to even produce quality movies. Movie making is money, they don’t have it so we don’t have any good movie and it’s true. If they’re telling us then it’s a shame,” he said.

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