British-Ghanaian actress and TV host Ama K. Abebrese has shared her experience of relocating to Ghana and rebuilding her career.
In an interview on Okay FM, she recounted how her expectations of being immediately hired by TV stations were met with a different reality.
“I came to Ghana thinking, ‘Oh, my God, I’m gonna come to Ghana and every TV station is going to hire me.’ That didn’t happen,” she narrated.
In this role, she discovered auditions and eventually crossed paths with filmmaker Leila Djansi, who was casting for a movie.
“I remember I took a job with a marketing company for a magazine, Canoe Magazine. I would hear of auditions, and then I met Leila Djansi. And Leila was auditioning for a film. Then I went for the audition, and that’s how, after having my career in the UK, I had to start again,” she recalled.
Looking back on her journey, she emphasized the significance of humility for creatives.
She noted that even with her vast experience in the UK, she had to adapt to a new environment.
“I think if you’re going to come to Ghana, come humble. Be humble. Because in Ghana, there have been people who’ve been doing it for years, so I had to just tell myself, ‘Okay, I have all this experience. It’s fine. But I’m also in a new terrain, so I had to acclimatise to this terrain.’ And for the most part, I would like to think that. I’ve been welcomed really well. But it wasn’t easy,” she said.
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