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\u201cAll the groups have reps on the committee who presented a lot of names and we finally arrived at \u2018Gollywood.\u2019 Who are those complaining? Are they members of any of the associations? I did not choose the name alone. It is a consensus by all the associations,\u201d he told\u00a0citinewsroom.com.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Would Osarfo Anthony\u2019s Anansekrom gel?<\/strong><\/p>\n Few years ago some entertainment critics suggested names like Ghallygold and Ghallywood. Ghallywood could not be adopted even though it was used unofficially.<\/p>\n It was a registered name for William Akuffo\u2019s school \u2013 Ghallywood Academy of Film Acting.<\/p>\n Arts writer Osarfo Anthony, in 2012 proposed Anansekrom but it was shot down by some critics including arts writer Mic Yamoah who also mooted GhanaCine.<\/p>\n According to Osarfo, Ananse, the cunning protagonist in Ghanaian folktales is an important character that can best represent the industry.<\/p>\n \u201cAnanse, is a fictional character around whom most of Ghana\u2019s folktale or storytelling revolves. Folktale is the oldest origin of our literal storytelling and has evolved to novels, play or theatrical performances and now, on-screen storytelling, popularly known as movies or motion pictures (as Hollywood terms it).<\/p>\n It therefore makes perfect sense to brand our movie industry with the name of such a character whose name and stories are deeply rooted in our storytelling history and has also lingered on for more than five millenniums and is still relevant in today\u2019s generation,\u201d he posited.<\/p>\n \u201cAnansekrom because it has got a strong Google search authority. Just type \u2018who or what is Anansekrom\u2019 or even search \u2018who is Ananse\u2019 \u2013 and see if Ghana will not register.<\/p>\n You are also most likely to see focus keywords like: Ananse, Anansi, Folktale, folklore character, Ghanaian folklore legend, Myth and Legends, and the likes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Mic Yamoah shoots down Anansekrom, suggests GhanaCine<\/strong><\/p>\n In an article arts writer and lecturer Mic Yamoah wrote in about seven years ago, he rebuffed Osarfo Anthony\u2019s proposition and suggested another name \u2013 GhanaCine.<\/p>\n \u201cThe most worrying issue for me which I know will crop up once any attempt is made to formalise Anansekrom will be the ethnic factor. Issues of Anansekrom being an Akan name cannot be taken for granted. A lot of meanings will be read into the choice of the name. May be recollections of some recent developments in Ghana will help make my point clearer:<\/p>\n Daily Guide, Sep. 27, 2011\u2014 Chiefs of the La Traditional Area have appealed to government especially the Ministry of Tourism to use the Ga word for \u2018welcome\u2019 to greet visitors at the Kotoka International Airport instead of \u2018Akwaaba,\u2019 the Akan version of the word currently being used\u2026. For a long time, people coming into Ghana have been greeted by the word \u2018Akwaaba\u2019 written on a huge sign in front of the airport.<\/p>\n Citifmonline, Sep. 28, 2011\u2014 \u201cThe Akwaaba is a certain ethnic language and where the airport is situated belongs to a certain tribe, so what we all need to know is that where the airport is situated now is for the Ga Dangme people\u2026 Akwaaba has been projected for a very long time and we need to project other languages so we should just add Mo hee.<\/p>\n Mic further stated that he believed it was not necessary to couch a name in our language.<\/p>\n \u201cA name for the industry, if it is necessary at all, I don\u2019t believe must necessarily be in any of our local languages- but must be one that should readily be identifiable to Ghana. I don\u2019t have any suggestions yet, but to avoid all unnecessary politicising and ethnocentricism, we may consider SPIDERHOOD, if we are uncomfortable with the \u2018wood\u2019 or simply GhanaCine!\u201d<\/p>\n Should it have been David Dontoh\u2019s \u2018Nyamedua\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n Veteran actor David Dontoh, in 2013 suggested on Koforidua-based Vision FM that Nyamedua (God\u2019s tree) be used, and that it was not necessary to follow the \u2018wood\u2019 trend which has been established by the American movie industry (Hollywood).<\/p>\n He said the suffix \u2018wood\u2019 connotes negativity [dead tree].<\/p>\n So he wanted the industry to use Nyamedua which means [God\u2019s tree]. Nyamedua is a certain tree that has a long life span.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we talk about wood, it is a dead tree. Why do we go for something that is dead? When you use \u2018Nyamedua\u2019 one would be curious to know what it is and that will sell the \u2018industry\u2019 better,\u201d these were his words.<\/p>\n \u2018Gollywood\u2019 already exists, we want \u2018Ghana Film Industry\u2019 \u2013 Ola Michael<\/strong><\/p>\n Ola Michael is a film maker and a former Public Relations Officer of the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG).<\/p>\n In a recent post on Facebook, he made reference to a wikipedia material which states that Gollywood already exists as name for one of the movie industries in India.<\/p>\n \u201cGujarati cinema, informally referred to as Dhollywood or Gollywood, is the Gujarati language film industry. It is one of the major regional and vernacular film industries of the cinema of India, having produced more than one thousand films since its inception. During the silent film era, many individuals in the industry were Gujaratis.<\/p>\n The language-associated industry dates back to 1932, when the first Gujarati talkie, Narsinh Mehta, was released. Until the independence of India in 1947, only twelve Gujarati films were produced. There was a spurt in film production in the 1940s focused on saint, sati[A] or dacoit stories as well as mythology and folktales.<\/p>\n In 1950s\u20131960s, the trend continued with the addition of films on literary works. In the 1970s, the Government of Gujarat announced a tax exemption and subsidies which resulted in an increase in the number of films, but the quality declined.<\/p>\n Bollywood, the sobriquet for the Hindi language film industry based in Mumbai (then called Bombay), inspired the nickname Dhollywood for the Gujarati film industry due to its profuse use of the dhol, a double-headed drum. It is also referred to as Gollywood, a portmanteau derived from Gujarat and Bollywood. (Source; Wikipedia)<\/p>\n He has also suggested that since Kwame Nkrumah named Ghana\u2019s movie industry as \u2018Ghana Film Industry,\u2019 there was the need to go for that, than pick any other name.<\/p>\n As the debate billows, another question being asked is how this rebranding is going to reflect in the improvement of Ghana\u2019s film industry when the systems and structures are not in place.<\/p>\n \u2013<\/p>\n By: citinewsroom.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A lot of dissenting views have poured in since \u2018Gollywood\u2019 was unveiled last week as the official name for Ghana\u2019s film industry. The naming has re-ignited the old debate of how to call the local film industry. 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