I'm more popular in Nigeria than Ghana – Idris Elba

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Esi- USA 8 years ago

Idris Elba, The Elba in Ghana has the same history like you. There is a very Big ELBA FAMILY IN GHANA of which you look like them.

Idris Elba, The Elba in Ghana has the same history like you. There is a very Big ELBA FAMILY IN GHANA of which you look like them.
Boss 8 years ago

He's one of the best actors currently.

He's one of the best actors currently.
He goat 8 years ago

Did he ever visit his ghanaian family?

Did he ever visit his ghanaian family?
Aya 8 years ago

Nigerians watch movies than Ghanaians. Ghana, Naija, Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mali. We're all one people. Jesus is not liked in Israel but seen as God in other parts of the world. That's how it can be. You can't have ...
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Nigerians watch movies than Ghanaians. Ghana, Naija, Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mali. We're all one people. Jesus is not liked in Israel but seen as God in other parts of the world. That's how it can be. You can't have same level of popularity everywhere.
Andrew Naija 8 years ago

Especially Akans. That's why.

Especially Akans. That's why.
Yendi 8 years ago

Really? I think you're confusing them with your type. Ghanaians are more refined than Nigerians by default. Humility and honor precedes them, whereas your types have a tendency to be arrogant and dishonest, not to mention unc ...
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Really? I think you're confusing them with your type. Ghanaians are more refined than Nigerians by default. Humility and honor precedes them, whereas your types have a tendency to be arrogant and dishonest, not to mention uncouth.
Abah-fada 8 years ago

ghanaians are more refine and yet your very own is chosing 9ja over ghana what a shame

ghanaians are more refine and yet your very own is chosing 9ja over ghana what a shame
Abah-fada 8 years ago

ghanaians are more refine and yet your very own is chosing 9ja over ghana what a shame on u. 9ja is every ones dreams, and that leave u guys with such hate on 9ja. we are progressing home and abroad we are well known. even d ...
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ghanaians are more refine and yet your very own is chosing 9ja over ghana what a shame on u. 9ja is every ones dreams, and that leave u guys with such hate on 9ja. we are progressing home and abroad we are well known. even d film he was star in, a 9jerian wrote d book. 9ja has contributed alot to d world. just keep hating on us, while we progress
Concerned Citizen 8 years ago

Tell that to the many elite Nigerians who have settled here and filled our universities with their children.
Ask them why they prefer it here.

Tell that to the many elite Nigerians who have settled here and filled our universities with their children.
Ask them why they prefer it here.
Real Ghanaian 8 years ago

Your response, whether reasoned or emotional, is more of an indictment of your character than an accurate description of Ghanaians.Idris Elba made no mention of his dissatisfaction with the people of Ghana. Rather it is you- ...
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Your response, whether reasoned or emotional, is more of an indictment of your character than an accurate description of Ghanaians.Idris Elba made no mention of his dissatisfaction with the people of Ghana. Rather it is you- the filthy and character flawed one, who is quick to thrash Ghana.One thing I can say with certainty is that the filthy fabric in which you try hard to cloak Ghana- the great nation, will come undone through the power of discernment.

Your awareness of Idris Elba's work, doesn't negate the fact that he is part Ghanaian. If the likes of you are tolerated in Ghana, because you
are an African, how much more a son of the land ? You figure that one out, you pathetic piece of filth.
Dominic 8 years ago

Shut the f**k up!!.mother f**ker.

Shut the f**k up!!.mother f**ker.
kofi 8 years ago

Brilliant post

Brilliant post
lord 8 years ago

Kwasia kwa who is maybe you family

Kwasia kwa who is maybe you family
Abeku Quansah Ativorgbe. 8 years ago

All your hard work would be useless in the end unless you are able to use your skills to help educate the public and make change in the way they think. "The Oba of Ife is dead and Abobaku is on the ran, if caught, he would be ...
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All your hard work would be useless in the end unless you are able to use your skills to help educate the public and make change in the way they think. "The Oba of Ife is dead and Abobaku is on the ran, if caught, he would be buried alive with the king." The same practice goes on in all West Africa. Our people are primitive, superstitious and ignorant. the actresses have a wonderful opportunity to make change,but are rather making it worse.
So what is the solution ? 8 years ago

Abeku, you bring up a good point of concern to all of us- I hope. The least of the question/s that need answered is/are;

1. Were we ever educated or simply schooled to be fooled ?

2. Are we ready to shed our duality in ...
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Abeku, you bring up a good point of concern to all of us- I hope. The least of the question/s that need answered is/are;

1. Were we ever educated or simply schooled to be fooled ?

2. Are we ready to shed our duality in the existentialist context ?

My response to the first question is that, the education we got was not meant to empower us with critical thinking. Its prime objective was to condition us into servitude, during and after the "master" is long gone.Granted we are in charge- doubtfully so, but our leaders have never seen a need to change the situation to benefit us all.They are direct beneficiaries of the skewed system, thus their desire to keep it so. Now we are witnessing a game of musical chairs where each leading political party waits its turn to milk the electorate. You better not be too hard on the defeated party in any elections, because you could be in that situation very soon. Until the "people" rise up and demand accountability in every facet of society, the condition will continue to deteriorate.

The second question is meant to tease us all into recognition of the duality of our world view. It is one thing having a core culture and advancing it according to the challenges of the times. However, bouncing between a native and foreign culture,as we seem to be doing, is an indication of identity crisis. If we were informed by our traditions that there is a god for rain, agriculture, health etc. It should be quite clear- thanks to the age of empirical and analytical reasoning (science) that the old belief is losing its appeal. Why then do our leaders keep falling back on old practices, like the one you mentioned about the Yoruba ? My answer is power. They will use whatever means- modern or not, to keep people down until they rise up and challenge the status quo.

Abeku, we Africans are not unique in this state. In medieval Europe, the King was the end all be all, as they say. They were the authority in any observation and phenomena, until brave scientists like Galileo challenged long held notions (the world is flat) with a well reasoned explanation. Now we are all beneficiaries of such bravery.

In the end, we must fail "forward" with what we know both innately and learned. It is then, that we will feel very comfortable adapting, casting off or fusing old and new for the better. After all any non/religious approach to life, places humanity at the center, so the truth can come from any quarter. Nothing thus stops us from creating something better with what we know from both worlds.
TEE 8 years ago

PROUD TO BE CALLED AS GHANAIAN

PROUD TO BE CALLED AS GHANAIAN
GENERAL IDDI AMIN DADA OF GHANA 8 years ago

... We Ghanaians we don't care about you so fuck off and go to Nigeria instead! If u are more popular there, why do u care hanging around Ghana??? Nonsense!

... We Ghanaians we don't care about you so fuck off and go to Nigeria instead! If u are more popular there, why do u care hanging around Ghana??? Nonsense!
seeMe 8 years ago

Majority creole Sierra Leoneans identify with Nigeria, specifically with the Yoruba. Idris' father being from Sierra Leone, and maybe the community in which Idris grew up in London could be the reason for his popularity in Ni ...
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Majority creole Sierra Leoneans identify with Nigeria, specifically with the Yoruba. Idris' father being from Sierra Leone, and maybe the community in which Idris grew up in London could be the reason for his popularity in Nigeria despite his mother being Ghanaian.
GENERAL IDDI AMIN DADA OF GHANA 8 years ago

... We Ghanaians we don't care about you so fuck off and go to Nigeria instead! If u are more popular there, why do u care hanging around Ghana??? Nonsense!

... We Ghanaians we don't care about you so fuck off and go to Nigeria instead! If u are more popular there, why do u care hanging around Ghana??? Nonsense!
Ekene 8 years ago

love his songs and he is a good actor too

love his songs and he is a good actor too

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