Ban all telenovelas in Ghana - Kofi Adjorlolo

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KK 10 years ago

Then ban all foreign Movies

Then ban all foreign Movies
askantwi 10 years ago

idiot!

idiot!
why 10 years ago

are Mexicans also not part of the international communities? if you are saying that the your Ghanaian movies have gotten international recognition then, it implies that Mexicans too are watching your alleged good movies you a ...
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are Mexicans also not part of the international communities? if you are saying that the your Ghanaian movies have gotten international recognition then, it implies that Mexicans too are watching your alleged good movies you are producing. how can a serious minded person be watching the porn like movies you 've been producing and that of Ghanaian- Chinese films you produced? how can I buy agya koo gbengbentoos part 1 to 4? for what? tweàaaaaaaa
POW@Ghana 4 last 4, Brazil 2014 10 years ago

Why don't you start by setting a very good example.

1). Don't wear any foreign clothes for it's not helping the Ghanaian local fabric and clothing market to make enough money.

2). Don't buy any foreign food, stay "domes ...
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Why don't you start by setting a very good example.

1). Don't wear any foreign clothes for it's not helping the Ghanaian local fabric and clothing market to make enough money.

2). Don't buy any foreign food, stay "domesiticated" and help mother Ghana improve in all aspect of life.

Finally, do you understand globalization? The world is almost one big village now. You see somebody here today and within few hours he or she is in another country. Thus it's about competition, try to do better movies and you'll find other countries running after your works too. If you can't stand the heat, just leave the kitchen. When you used to be a presenter at GBC radio, did you play up to even 20 percent of local Ghanaian music on your program?
WHODINI 10 years ago

EVTERYTHING WE OWN HERE IS CHINA MADE, UNCLE KOFI I CAN FEEL YOUR PAIN BUT IN GHANA DR KWAME NKRUMAH AT THE AGE OF 47 YEARS GOT MARRIAGE TO FATHIA WHEN SHE WAS 19 YEARS SO THE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT TO THE CORE. THAHT IS WHY NOTHI ...
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EVTERYTHING WE OWN HERE IS CHINA MADE, UNCLE KOFI I CAN FEEL YOUR PAIN BUT IN GHANA DR KWAME NKRUMAH AT THE AGE OF 47 YEARS GOT MARRIAGE TO FATHIA WHEN SHE WAS 19 YEARS SO THE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT TO THE CORE. THAHT IS WHY NOTHING WORKS IN GHANA.
Aristotle 10 years ago

speak good english KK.
mind your buisness not my your business.

speak good english KK.
mind your buisness not my your business.
askantwi 10 years ago

You are absolutely right, Mr. Adjorlolo. I don't know what is actually wrong with we ghanaians. Do they know how impossible it is for a Mexican TV station to show Ghanaian movies? We should love what we have and be proud of i ...
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You are absolutely right, Mr. Adjorlolo. I don't know what is actually wrong with we ghanaians. Do they know how impossible it is for a Mexican TV station to show Ghanaian movies? We should love what we have and be proud of it no matter how inferior it could be. There is always room for improvement.
Kingsley ASIEDU 10 years ago

Well if the public loves it,then u have no choice.Maybe u might think again about the quality of ur (Ghanaian)movies.

Well if the public loves it,then u have no choice.Maybe u might think again about the quality of ur (Ghanaian)movies.
rams 10 years ago

i will not agree with u the price of a telenovela movie is affordable compare with african movie

i will not agree with u the price of a telenovela movie is affordable compare with african movie
FREDRICK 10 years ago

Kofi Adjorlolo, thank you for your forthrightness but you shouldn't have spoken at all bcos Ghanaians will insult you even when they don't understand the negative effect or damage Mxican telenovelas is doing to Ghana films in ...
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Kofi Adjorlolo, thank you for your forthrightness but you shouldn't have spoken at all bcos Ghanaians will insult you even when they don't understand the negative effect or damage Mxican telenovelas is doing to Ghana films industry. Thanks for being bold anyway.
VICKY LEE BENTON 10 years ago

YOU CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE TRASH YOU MAKE, YOU CALL THAT MOVIES ? AND YOU WANT THE INTERNATIONAL SHOWS TO BE BANNED BECAUSE YOU ARE LOSING BUSINESS?
IT IS CALLED FREE MARKET.
HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR YOU MY FRIEND
YOU NEED S ...
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YOU CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE TRASH YOU MAKE, YOU CALL THAT MOVIES ? AND YOU WANT THE INTERNATIONAL SHOWS TO BE BANNED BECAUSE YOU ARE LOSING BUSINESS?
IT IS CALLED FREE MARKET.
HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR YOU MY FRIEND
YOU NEED SOME GOOD LOOKING CAST MEMBERS, A GOOD WARDROBE AND A GOOD STORY TO MAKE A FILM.
YOU GUYS ARE SO CHEAP, YOU WILL HIRE ANYBODY FROM THE STREET TO SHOOT MOVIES.
THE GHANAIAN PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO WATCH ANY SHOW OR MOVIES THEY WANT .IT IS CALLED DEMOCRACY.
INTEGRATE YOUR VERSIONS TO MEET THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS SO YOU CAN COMPETE.
Asiwome 10 years ago

Equal profligation of lies

Equal profligation of lies
FREDRICK 10 years ago

Vicky Lee Benton, your type of mentality is the reason why Ghana still lag behind in virtually most things Ghanaians crave for in its foreign versions. Have you spared a thought how Nigerians have overtaken Ghanaians in enter ...
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Vicky Lee Benton, your type of mentality is the reason why Ghana still lag behind in virtually most things Ghanaians crave for in its foreign versions. Have you spared a thought how Nigerians have overtaken Ghanaians in entertaiment industries to the extent they even contribute 1.6% to their GDP of $510 billion dollars. Many more of you Vicky Lee Benton, with very acute foreign films productions mentality still allowed to make contributions on matters of this nature; this country Ghana will never see any meaningful developments not only in entertainment industry but in all sphere of economic development.
Village Food. 10 years ago

FREDRICK her name tells it all that she is mentally enslaved.

FREDRICK her name tells it all that she is mentally enslaved.
Village Food. 10 years ago

FREDRICK her name tells it all that she is mentally enslaved.

FREDRICK her name tells it all that she is mentally enslaved.
Anokwale 10 years ago

I personally could do without the telecoms but it is a free market and one has to compete. It is all about quality.

I personally could do without the telecoms but it is a free market and one has to compete. It is all about quality.
gonasua 10 years ago

well spoken

well spoken
Dzifa Yovonoo 10 years ago

I agree with you totally, Kofi Adjorlolo. Not only telenovellas should be banned, Nigerian movies as well. No Ghanaian movie is aired on any Nigerian television station; be they private or government owned. The president is t ...
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I agree with you totally, Kofi Adjorlolo. Not only telenovellas should be banned, Nigerian movies as well. No Ghanaian movie is aired on any Nigerian television station; be they private or government owned. The president is talking about Ghanaians patronizing made in Ghana goods, Ghanaian movies are also made in Ghana products so we need to patronize them and give them sufficient air time on television stations both private and government owned.
blaze 10 years ago

wise man

wise man
JOYCE 10 years ago

Nor everyone likes watching juju movies or making a fool of him or her self everyone deserves to watch watch they like

Nor everyone likes watching juju movies or making a fool of him or her self everyone deserves to watch watch they like
charles koduah 10 years ago

Mr. Adjorlolo should come up with suggestions as how to make ghanaian movies better quality.you can't just ban something because you can't compete with it.Also private TV stations needs to fill their time slots with programs ...
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Mr. Adjorlolo should come up with suggestions as how to make ghanaian movies better quality.you can't just ban something because you can't compete with it.Also private TV stations needs to fill their time slots with programs that people wants to watch.
BONEY 10 years ago

I THOUGHT U ARE WISE ADJORLOLO,TONTO!!

I THOUGHT U ARE WISE ADJORLOLO,TONTO!!
Amponsah 10 years ago

yes I fully agree with Kofi' is better we promote how own culture then somebody else. Is time for as to move forward. In doing this requires money, Promoting ghana movies on TV will bring as close to our dreams.

yes I fully agree with Kofi' is better we promote how own culture then somebody else. Is time for as to move forward. In doing this requires money, Promoting ghana movies on TV will bring as close to our dreams.
Madiba 10 years ago

Yes I agree totally

Yes I agree totally
KWAKUVI 10 years ago

SO WE WILL BE RESTRICTED TO WATCH YOU, AGYA KOO, KWAKU MANU KWADWO NKANSA AND THE LIKES, WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS JOKERS.

SO WE WILL BE RESTRICTED TO WATCH YOU, AGYA KOO, KWAKU MANU KWADWO NKANSA AND THE LIKES, WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS JOKERS.
koo nimo 10 years ago

fools always cry

fools always cry
mr amin 10 years ago

l totaly ah
agree with the actot. telenovales has bad teachins for the yowuth Ban it and ban plastics too.

l totaly ah
agree with the actot. telenovales has bad teachins for the yowuth Ban it and ban plastics too.
d mike 10 years ago

wow, very bad english

wow, very bad english
Nii Joromi 10 years ago

Horrible English.

Horrible English.
TUTULAPATO 10 years ago

GHANAIANS WILL PATRONIZE ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE SHORES OF GHANA. ANY TOM, DICK AND HARRY CAN FLEX WITH THEIR PRODUCTS IN GHANA AND WE WILL ACCEPT IT, WE EVEN PREFER LEBANESE AND CALL THEM "WHITES" WE TREAT THEM BETTER THAN OUR ...
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GHANAIANS WILL PATRONIZE ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE SHORES OF GHANA. ANY TOM, DICK AND HARRY CAN FLEX WITH THEIR PRODUCTS IN GHANA AND WE WILL ACCEPT IT, WE EVEN PREFER LEBANESE AND CALL THEM "WHITES" WE TREAT THEM BETTER THAN OUR OWN, WE TREAT MULLATOS BETTER BECAUSE THEY ARE "FAIR" OUR WOMEN BLEACH TO LOOK FAIRER, THE WHOLE SYSTEM NEEDS DECODING
Jata 10 years ago

Egypt, Ethiopia and Lebanon are some of the "oldest nations" in your Holy Book, The Bible!

So don't "look down on the Lebanese"!

Egypt, Ethiopia and Lebanon are some of the "oldest nations" in your Holy Book, The Bible!

So don't "look down on the Lebanese"!
Village Food. 10 years ago

TUTULAPATO what u are saying is sad but the truth.

TUTULAPATO what u are saying is sad but the truth.
Whatever 10 years ago

Ghanaian producers don't want to encourage and nurture young creative writers that's why their movies are so bankrupt of new ideas and forcing them to invest their monies in foreign soap operas. It's big shame

Ghanaian producers don't want to encourage and nurture young creative writers that's why their movies are so bankrupt of new ideas and forcing them to invest their monies in foreign soap operas. It's big shame
KARMA'S LAW 10 years ago

good point but viewers have the right to choose what they want to watch.

good point but viewers have the right to choose what they want to watch.
18 year old girl - pondering 10 years ago

I feel your pain and while i can understand you vehemently would like to protect your industry and improve your bottomline, I really don't agree with you on your protectionism approach.
Ghana is a free country and promotes f ...
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I feel your pain and while i can understand you vehemently would like to protect your industry and improve your bottomline, I really don't agree with you on your protectionism approach.
Ghana is a free country and promotes free trade. So the consumers have every right to pick and choose products and services they want.

How about this?

1. stop playing foreign songs/hiphops/foreign jazz , R&B and just play music by our local musicians, like Amakye Dede, Ampadu , Osibisa, K.K Kabobo , Gyedu Ambolley, Sarkodie, etc

2. Why don't we stop importing shoes and clothes from China, Dubai, US, UK etc and just use made-in-Ghana clothes only; fugu, kente, wax prints, ekoumekoume, taawoto, afro moses etc

3. Why wouldn't ghanaians patronise only made-in-ghana foods and provisions but flood the market with foreign food products?

4. Why wouldn't you advise your industry to sell the ghana-made movies only in ghana and not to ship any to UK,USA,ITALY,CANADA,etc for the almighty dollar. Since those countries already have their own movies and series from their local artists

To cut a long story short, ask the gov't to ban the shipment and selling of ghanaians movies to countries outside Ghana.
Once you are able to achieve that, then hopefully you will earn the sympathy of the gov't to ban other foreign movies or series coming into the country. Remmeber, the TV stations also have to make some $$$.
What you can rather do is to appeal to ghanaians to show more interest and support ghana movies.
Stopping competition is not a solution

The last time I heard , not even president Mahama had the audacity to ban the influx of foreign products. What he did was to appeal to ghanaians to support the local industries by showing more interest in MADE-IN-GHANA products.
It all boils down to the quality of your movies and also human beings want variety. If you think more people are watching Mexican or Chinese series instead of Ghanaian movies, then sit back and think about what is it that make Ghanaians like watching those series instead of your movies and try to adapt and change the content and quality of your movies.
I know a lot of people are tired of all the ABEYISEM AND JUJU movies you produce and R-rated movies that is so distasteful that parents can't watch movies at home with their kids any more.
if you can't beat them , join them.
rkt 10 years ago

well said, but show ur commitment by supporting everything Ghanaian if u want Ghanaians to support u. for example, u must wear made in Gh clothing and shoes only, for a start, and extend it over a 2-year period to cover the s ...
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well said, but show ur commitment by supporting everything Ghanaian if u want Ghanaians to support u. for example, u must wear made in Gh clothing and shoes only, for a start, and extend it over a 2-year period to cover the scents u wear, food u eat, beers, wines and spirits you drink, the furniture that graces your living room, etc etc. oh! did u say that would be difficult? no, it's not difficult at all. in fact, it is just as easy as banning all telenovelas to encourage the Gh film industry. together, we will win, alone we will lose!
Kejetia Nkomo 10 years ago

Uncle your movies are too juju and pornographic and cannot be watch as a family movie

Uncle your movies are too juju and pornographic and cannot be watch as a family movie
yaw 10 years ago

look who is talking,do u own our eyes

look who is talking,do u own our eyes
arhin. 10 years ago

Wat moral lessons do we get from Ghanaian movies...bullshit...

Wat moral lessons do we get from Ghanaian movies...bullshit...
Yaw 10 years ago

The issue should be about the content of such telenovelas! Their contents, with very provoking dresses, should be the issue to talk about to warrant their ban...not just because we want to so-call protect our local industry, ...
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The issue should be about the content of such telenovelas! Their contents, with very provoking dresses, should be the issue to talk about to warrant their ban...not just because we want to so-call protect our local industry, then we are banning things from Mexico!! If Kofi has talked on those lines, then perhaps I will have agreed with him...for how he presented his case, I do not completely agree with him although I am no fan of those Mexican things...
OBAA SIMA 10 years ago

People have the right to choose what they want to watch. Keep your selfish ideas for yourself. the more your movies that are shot in 3 hrs are watched and patronized the more money you make. If you want to get rich sorry sir ...
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People have the right to choose what they want to watch. Keep your selfish ideas for yourself. the more your movies that are shot in 3 hrs are watched and patronized the more money you make. If you want to get rich sorry sir you are in the wrong business. Go sell waakye ask auntie muni and extra O or run a chop bar in makola. these women are filthy rich. Why shouldnt people watch telenovas when they are better than what you do
zongo 10 years ago

Boring actor

Boring actor
JOSEPHINE OBENG 10 years ago

most ghanaian movies esp de kumawood movies they talk too much. They can even spent about more than 10 minutes on one scene so dat.de movie will be long. somtimes the story is short but they will devide it 4 or 5 parts n dat ...
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most ghanaian movies esp de kumawood movies they talk too much. They can even spent about more than 10 minutes on one scene so dat.de movie will be long. somtimes the story is short but they will devide it 4 or 5 parts n dat makes watching de movie boring so Kofi stop saying bla bla. We prefer watching de telenovelas.
Patty 10 years ago

everybody has a taste Adjorlolo get over it. you guys should make good movies so thatwe can enjoy> to be hon est with you...sometimes i find you very boring... I prefer Macjordan Amartey to you. Work on yourself. You are fac ...
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everybody has a taste Adjorlolo get over it. you guys should make good movies so thatwe can enjoy> to be hon est with you...sometimes i find you very boring... I prefer Macjordan Amartey to you. Work on yourself. You are fack at times you don't act yourself. PLEASE GIVE US A BREAK!!!!!!
Bejo sista 10 years ago

I agree with Kofi to an extent in that, showing of these telenovelas will eventually put a dent in the gh industry. I live in Britain and there's no way they will be showing these t.novelas especially, prime time tv. What the ...
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I agree with Kofi to an extent in that, showing of these telenovelas will eventually put a dent in the gh industry. I live in Britain and there's no way they will be showing these t.novelas especially, prime time tv. What they do is sell airtime/ channel to foreign programs where they are at liberty to show programmes of their interest. I know ppl really do enjoy such shows but in hindsight, it is to the detriment of our local industry. I bet these Mexicans are not watching ghanaian movies hence promoting it. So why should we? That being said, our movie industry also better sit up and come up something that will better appeal to gh and the world at large.
Maame 10 years ago

I disagree with u Kofi

I disagree with u Kofi
Maame 10 years ago

I agree with u Kofi

I agree with u Kofi
bubu 10 years ago

u are not serious at all which good movie did u do. ro u think u act good. if they shd bad telenovelas then u are not hoping for ur ur movies (GH MOVIES ) to go international

u are not serious at all which good movie did u do. ro u think u act good. if they shd bad telenovelas then u are not hoping for ur ur movies (GH MOVIES ) to go international
jackie appiah 10 years ago

greedy bastard-ofui

greedy bastard-ofui
MUBARIK 10 years ago

AS A GHANAIAN,I HAVE BEEN ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE MR KOFI ADJORLOLO IS TRYING TO PUT,UNLESS YOU ARE NOT A PATRIOTIC GHANAIAN CITIZEN WHO WANTS THE BEST FOR YOUR COUNTRY,WHY ARE WE FEEDING THE AIRWAVES WITH FOREIGN C ...
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AS A GHANAIAN,I HAVE BEEN ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE MR KOFI ADJORLOLO IS TRYING TO PUT,UNLESS YOU ARE NOT A PATRIOTIC GHANAIAN CITIZEN WHO WANTS THE BEST FOR YOUR COUNTRY,WHY ARE WE FEEDING THE AIRWAVES WITH FOREIGN CULTURE AND VALUES AT THE EXPENDS OF OUR OWN CULTURE AND TRADITION.AS GHANAIAN'S LETS BELEIVE IN OUR OWN IDENTITY AS BLACK AFRICANS WHO CAN STAND OUT IN EVERY ENDEVOURES IN LIFE.GOD BLESS GHANA
KOOKZI 10 years ago

MAYBE YOU ACTORS SHOULD WEAR ONLY GH AND AFRICAN CLOTHS ON ALL YOUR SETS. LETS START FROM THERE AND SEE HOW IT GOES WITH TIME. HOW ABOUT THAT?

MAYBE YOU ACTORS SHOULD WEAR ONLY GH AND AFRICAN CLOTHS ON ALL YOUR SETS. LETS START FROM THERE AND SEE HOW IT GOES WITH TIME. HOW ABOUT THAT?

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