{"id":12585,"date":"2018-10-16T23:21:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T23:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=12585"},"modified":"2018-10-16T23:21:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T23:21:24","slug":"gabby-otchere-darko-expresses-disappointment-in-ghanaian-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585","title":{"rendered":"Gabby Otchere-Darko expresses disappointment in Ghanaian movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gabby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gabby.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gabby-410x273.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gabby-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gabby-310x205.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There have been a lot discussions by creative arts stakeholders on how to kill the lull in the Ghanaian movie industry.<\/p>\n<p>Latest to add his voice to the conversation is Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a leading member of New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, Gabby vented his disappointment with some Ghanaian movies, questioning why the creative industry has been consigned to oblivion as far as national development is concerned.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI took my time to watch randomly ten Ghanaian movies and never felt so disappointed. It brought home to me one major deficiency in our development. The apparent lack of deliberate consciousness on the part of the creative industry in the development conversation,\u201d he posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe presence of the creative industry appears at best peripheral in Ghana\u2019s development narrative.\u201d Our movies, our songs, our arts, by and large, do not impactfully plug into a greater development agenda,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Otchere-Darko made reference to how America has used the arts to profitably change their development narrative.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFor the best part of a century, has been deliberately used by America to push successfully American cultural \u2018supremacy\u2019 agenda; it has been used as an effective instrument of military or economic indoctrination,\u201d he further noted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The founding member of political think tank Danquah Institute also asked \u201cwhat has been the underlying consciousness behind our creative industry, if any?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-450521 aligncenter disappear mom_appear\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GABBY.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GABBY.jpg 490w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GABBY-300x225.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He asked \u201cwhat role, for instance, can actors in the creative industry play to define and realize this whole important concept of moving Ghana Beyond Aid?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must elevate consciousness in Ghana if we are serious about winning,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been a lot discussions by creative arts stakeholders on how to kill the lull in the Ghanaian movie industry. Latest to add his voice to the conversation is Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a leading member of New Patriotic Party (NPP). A few days ago, Gabby vented his disappointment with some Ghanaian movies, questioning why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gabby Otchere-Darko expresses disappointment in Ghanaian movies - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gabby Otchere-Darko expresses disappointment in Ghanaian movies - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There have been a lot discussions by creative arts stakeholders on how to kill the lull in the Ghanaian movie industry. Latest to add his voice to the conversation is Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a leading member of New Patriotic Party (NPP). A few days ago, Gabby vented his disappointment with some Ghanaian movies, questioning why [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-16T23:21:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gabby.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"681\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kumasi Online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kumasi Online\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kumasi Online\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de\"},\"headline\":\"Gabby Otchere-Darko expresses disappointment in Ghanaian movies\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-16T23:21:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585\"},\"wordCount\":277,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/Gabby.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"ENTERTAINMENT\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585\",\"name\":\"Gabby Otchere-Darko expresses disappointment in Ghanaian movies - Kumasi Online TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/Gabby.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-16T23:21:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/Gabby.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/Gabby.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":681},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=12585#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gabby Otchere-Darko expresses disappointment in Ghanaian movies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kumasi Online TV\",\"description\":\"#kumasionlinetv\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de\",\"name\":\"Kumasi Online\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kumasi Online\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/kumasionlinetv.com\",\"Daniel Yeboah\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gabby Otchere-Darko expresses disappointment in Ghanaian movies - Kumasi Online TV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gabby Otchere-Darko expresses disappointment in Ghanaian movies - Kumasi Online TV","og_description":"There have been a lot discussions by creative arts stakeholders on how to kill the lull in the Ghanaian movie industry. Latest to add his voice to the conversation is Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a leading member of New Patriotic Party (NPP). A few days ago, Gabby vented his disappointment with some Ghanaian movies, questioning why [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585","og_site_name":"Kumasi Online TV","article_published_time":"2018-10-16T23:21:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":681,"url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gabby.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kumasi Online","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kumasi Online","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585"},"author":{"name":"Kumasi Online","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#\/schema\/person\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de"},"headline":"Gabby Otchere-Darko expresses disappointment in Ghanaian movies","datePublished":"2018-10-16T23:21:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585"},"wordCount":277,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gabby.jpg","articleSection":["ENTERTAINMENT"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585","url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585","name":"Gabby Otchere-Darko expresses disappointment in Ghanaian movies - Kumasi Online TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gabby.jpg","datePublished":"2018-10-16T23:21:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#\/schema\/person\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gabby.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gabby.jpg","width":1024,"height":681},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12585#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gabby Otchere-Darko expresses disappointment in Ghanaian movies"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/","name":"Kumasi Online TV","description":"#kumasionlinetv","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#\/schema\/person\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de","name":"Kumasi Online","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kumasi Online"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/kumasionlinetv.com","Daniel Yeboah"],"url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}