The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has called on government to commit itself to the production of films that will project some of Ghana’s untold stories.
In a speech read on his behalf by Joy FM sports journalist Nathaniel Attoh during the second edition of the Africa Cinema Summit at the Movempick Hotel in Accra, the Overlord of the Ga land acknowledged the role of cinema in preserving the culture and heritage of people.
In tandem with this, he called on government to produce a film that will tell the story of celebrated Ghanaian boxer Azumah Nelson.
“One random [story] considering that we are on Ga and Ga-Adamgbe land and considering that he is a custodian of the Ga Adamgbe culture, is the story of one of the most achieved athletes on the African continent Barima Professor Azumah Zumzum Nelson who is a son of the Ga soil.
His story has that of culture, inspiration and has that of projection for the future, the African way. This is one of the many stories that can be pursued in a very vigorous way by the government that takes over in the year 2025,” he said.
Azumah Nelson is a former professional Ghanaian boxer who was active between 1979 to 2008. He was a two-weight world champion, who held the WBC featherweight titled from 1984 to 1987 and the WBC super featherweight title twice between 1988 and 1997.
He also challenged once for the unified WBC and IBF lightweight titles in 1990. At regional level, he held the ABU and Commonwealth featherweight titles between 1980 and 1982. He is widely considered one of the greatest African boxers of all time.