Is Akosua Busia a princess?

Akosua Busia, who played Nettie, is a real Ghanaian princess.

Did you know Akosua Busia who played Nettie in The Color Purple is a real life African princess descended from Ghanaian royalty she is best known for her role as Nettie Harris in the 1985 film The Color Purple Akosua Busia is the daughter of Kofi Abrefa?

Akosua Busia (born Akosua Gyamama Busia on December 30, 1966) is a Ghanaian actress, film director, author and songwriter. She is the daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia who was the prime minister of the Republic of Ghana from 1969 to 1972. Well, it turns out that the star is actually a royal princess.

How old is Akosua Busia?

54 years (December 30, 1966)
Akosua Busia/Age

Who overthrew Busia?

While he was in Britain for a medical check-up, the army under Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong overthrew his government on 13 January 1972. Busia remained in exile in England and returned to Oxford University, where he died from a heart attack in August 1978.

Who is Akosua Busia, the Princess of Wenchi?

She was born on 30 December 1966 in Ghana. She is the youngest daughter of former Frist Lady, Naa Morkor Busia and Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, former Prime Minister of Ghana. Akosua Busia was born into the Yefri Royal House of Wenchi in Ghana. She is a princess of the royal family of Wenchi.

Who is the Princess of Wenchi in Ghana?

Akosua is a princess of the royal family of Wenchi. Her sister, Abena Busia, is a poet and academic, who was a professor in English at Rutgers University, and since 2017 has been the Ghanaian ambassador to Brazil.

Who are Akosua Busia and Kofi Abrefa Busia?

Family and early life. Akosua Busia is the daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia, who was prime minister of the Republic of Ghana (from 1969 to 1972) and a prince of the royal family of Wenchi, a subgroup of the Ashanti. Akosua is a princess of the royal family of Wenchi.

Where did Akosua Busia go to high school?

Her sister, Abena Busia, is a poet and academic, who was a professor in English at Rutgers University, and since 2017 has been the Ghanaian ambassador to Brazil . Akosua Busia grew up in Ghana, and began her acting career at the age of 16, attending London ‘s Central School of Speech and Drama on scholarship.

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