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WE ARE NOT BETTER THAN NIGERIAN COMEDIANS – Foster Romanus

 

Popular Ghanaian stand-up comedian, Foster Romanus is of the opinion that there’s no need to continually draw parallels between the comedy scenes in Ghana and Nigeria as the former will always remain well ahead of the latter.

Speaking during a live debate on Bryt TV, Foster Romanus—real name: Foster Owusu Amponsah—said he respects and looks up to Nigerian comedians as mentors and role models, thus he is not troubled by comparisons between Ghanaian and Nigerian comedians.

“For me, it doesn’t really get to me, because when we started comedy or stand-up comedy, the Nigerians were there. When Ghanaians are saying that, I tell them to say the comparison is bad because there is no way we can say we are better than them.

“We are better in our own fields. But these people are people we look up to. When we started comedy, Basket Mouth’s name was already all across Ghana. He will forever be a big brother, a person I look up to and all the other names. So it’s a comparison because fans have ways of doing that,” he said.

He continued by saying that he always feels grateful to see Nigerian comedians because they have inspired and driven him and his colleagues to work harder and advance their trade.

“But the real story is that these people are people who influenced what we did. And they also sort of motivated us. When I put more work into mine, what you mean is that they can call me to another person or another place, or I can be on the same platform with them. Anytime I meet our Nigerian counterparts, I appreciate them, and I tell them how we have been influenced one way or another” he said.

Foster Romanus, who is also a radio and TV presenter, an actor and an MC, said that he is proud to be a Ghanaian comedian and that he will continue to support and promote Ghanaian comedy.

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