I thought every TV station would want to hire me when I came to Ghana – Ama K Abebrese on her career challenges

British-Ghanaian actress and TV show host, Ama K. Abrebrese has shared her experience about how she had to restart her career when she relocated to Ghana.

Despite her vast experience in acting in the UK, she was met with a stark reality in Ghana when she was not quickly hired by TV stations as she expected.

“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 an interview on OKAY FM.

She recalled starting all over her career by taking a job with a marketing company, until she went for an audition and met filmmaker Leila Djansi, who was casted her for a film.

“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 basically start altogether,” she recalled.

Reflection on her journey, she emphasized the significance of humility among creatives.

The actress added that despite her extensive experience in the UK, she had to humble herself to be used to her new environment.

“I think if you’re going to come to Ghana, come humble. Be humble. Because in Ghana there have been people who have 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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