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King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse, has urged the government to focus on creating movies that showcase some of Ghana’s unknown narratives.
During the second Africa Cinema Summit at the Movempick Hotel in Accra, the Overlord of the Ga land recognized the importance of cinema in guarding the culture and heritage of communities, as conveyed in a speech by Joy FM sports journalist Nathaniel Attoh.
Additionally, he urged the government to create a movie depicting the life of renowned 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, a former professional boxer from Ghana, competed from 1979 to 2008. He held the WBC featherweight title from 1984 to 1987 and was a two-weight world champion, also winning the WBC super featherweight title twice from 1988 to 1997.
In 1990, he also made a challenge for both the unified WBC and IBF lightweight titles. On a regional scale, he was the holder of the ABU and Commonwealth featherweight titles from 1980 to 1982. He is commonly regarded as one of the best African boxers in history.
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