Ghanaian actress Christiana Awuni has said she backs calls for government to place an “embargo” on the broadcast of telenovelas, arguing that it posed a threat to the movie industry.
According to her, it is even more shameful when such telenovelas, especially those from India, are translated into Twi to woo patrons into getting hooked.
Ms Awuni’s comments follow the recent invasion of telenovelas on Ghanaian television.
Speaking on Entertainment Capital on Accra100.5FM, the actress told show host Bismark Boachie (DJ Premier) that telenovelas were killing the local film industry.
“Which Indian will come and purchase a Ghanaian movie and take it back to India and translate it into Hindi? It won’t happen. So this means we do not even respect ourselves because it means we value their movies and telenovelas more than we do ours. That is why we spend money to bring those movies into the country to destroy our movie industry,” she lamented.
According to her, telenovelas have led to a lot of fight in some marriages and in some cases divorce. “Women are addicted to it and instead of cooking for their husbands, they don’t, which has led to many divorces… I will support government to place an embargo on them. Their culture is not our culture and they are destroying our work as movie makers,” she added.
She advised that if Ghanaians were not enjoying Ghanaian movies because they perceived it as substandard, then stakeholders, including television stations, would need to invest in the industry to make it better and stop showing telenovelas.
Source: Classfmonline
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which culture do u portray apart from witchcraft n insults, give me a break woman
The Kumawood guys are not smart. In their bid to maximise profit, they have stopped their movies from being shown in public places in Ghana including in VIP Buses. They should have been wise enough to know that it is an income generating side of the business and could have come with licensing regulations for these guys for public performances where they could be collecting monthly or annual fees. School is important!!
I THINK THESE INDIA TELENOVELS HAVE SOME SPIRITUAL NEGATIVE. WHAT WILL ONE GAIN FROM THESE STATUES THEY USE ALWAYS! OUR PASTORS HAS A LOT TO DO AFTER WE DENY CHURCH PROGRAMES AND WACTH SOMEONES CULTURE
The insults in the kumahood movies is too much and it is affecting the small children, now if u go to kumasi the words u will hear a small child speaking is horible and is all from the twi movies they watch, i experienced similar thing when i visited my parents cos i couldnt believe what i was hearing from some kids there but thanks to multitv now the kids are having interest in cartoons than kumahood movies so if u want it to be patronise then the insults must be worked on
DEN PLS TRY AND STOP THE MANY WICHCRAFT, MORE INSULTS AND NON...FA THINGS IN KUMAWOOD MOVIES... WE WILL DEN PATRONIZE THEM AND WATCH....THANK U