Nicole Amarteifio

**Nicole Amarteifio** (bɛ daa n doɣi o la yuuni 1982 puuni) nyɛla Ghana nima filim darɛta, purodusa, n ti pahi *screenwriter*.
## O taarihi
Bɛ daa n doɣila Amarteifio Ghana yuuni 1982 la puuni amaa ka o daa lee n chaŋ nti m be London. O daa n niŋla chira ata nimaani ka daa lahi n yi ni n chaŋ England n daa ti n niŋ yuma ayobu pirimila *military coups* shɛli din daa m be nimaani la zuɣu. O yabidoo so ŋun daa n-nyɛ white district commissioner la daa n lola o yabipaɣa amiliya Ghana yuuni 1945 la puuni. O daa ti lahi nyɛla ŋun n daa n doli o laamba ka bɛ daa n yi n chaŋ Scarsdale, New York nti m be ni amaa ka o lee n niŋdi o vuhim saha Ghana yuuni kam.

O ni daa na m be Scarsdale Middle School puuni saha shɛli la puuni, o daa n wum ka o shikuru bil'kpeei  daa yɛri ni bɛ n yi blowing up Africa ni di ni n sɔŋ ka bɛ n tuhi HIV doro la yɛl'gula.

Amarteifio laamba daa nyɛla ban n labi Ghana yuuni 1997 la puuni. O nyɛla ŋun daa n deei o bachelor *degree in African and Afro-American studies* puuni n yina Brandeis University yuuni 2004 la puuni.

O ni daa n niŋ o bohimbu n naai ka yina, Washington, D.C. ka o daa n nya tuma. O daa n nyɛla  *consultant for African economic development* The Whitaker Group puuni ka daa n tumdi n-tiri Rosa Whitaker.

Yuuni 2006 la puuni, Amarteifio daa n chaŋla Accra, Ghana, ni o ti n tum *economic development* tuma  African Development Foundation puuni. O ni daa n chaŋ Africa ŋɔ saha bihi nyaaŋa ka o daa n nya hankali parisi zaŋ chaŋ o ni yɛn n niŋdi *show* kamani *[[Sex and the City]]* shɛm Accra.

Amarteifio daa n labila United States n ti n chaŋ Georgetown University ka daa nti n yina ni *master's  degree in corporate communications* yuuni 2010 la puuni. O ni daa m be Georgetown, o karimbu n daa n-nyɛ Mike Long, ŋun nyɛ ŋun daa n kpaŋsi o kɔbani ni o zaɣa *screenwriting* puuni.

Amarteifio daa n nyɛla tuma World Bank puuni ni o nyɛ *social-media strategist* m be Accra. O ni daa n labi Ghana chir'gbaliŋ nyaaŋa, o daa m pilila o hankali parisi ŋɔ pii n nyili *television professionals* amaa bɛ daa bi n saɣi ni bɛ zaŋ lala *project* maa n tum tuma ka daa lee n kpaŋsi o ni o bomi soya m baŋ *show* sabbu.

Amarteifio daa nyɛla ŋun n niŋ *budget* ka ti lahi n kpahim m baŋ ni laɣ'maŋa n tu ni o mali ka naain n tooi m pili n gari ni o n yihi di *full season* na. O ni daa m bori ni o bohim *producing* la zuɣu, o daa n dolila *multi-media producers* nima tuma ni di n sɔŋ o ka daa n kpe community college course. Amarteifio daa n nyɛla *Sex and the City* *episodes* gbana mini *shows* shɛŋa din n jɛndi li pohim zuɣu ka daa n zaŋ li n lɛbi *template* o sabbu puuni di bahi m bahindi salim'shɛŋa o zonima ban m be Africa nima ni daa n yɛri o. O daa n nyɛla kpɛrikpɛritiba ka bɛ nyɛla casting calls, ka daa n yɛli o shikuru bil'kpee kurili, Maame Adjei ni o zami n kpɛri ka n-nyɛ Zainab. Adjei daa n chaŋla shikuru *Connecticut* ni Nana Mensah, ŋun nyɛ ninvuɣ'so Amarteifio ni daa n pii ka o zani n-ti Sadé la.

Amarteifio ni daa m mali *local Ghanaian* filim *crew* n tumdi o tuma la zuɣu,  o daa nyɛla ŋun tooi n yaagi o *show* asibirili mini alahiri ni yuŋ ka di nyɛ din n ka o gadama shɛli ni o tuma tumbu World Bank puuni.

O lala *show* ŋɔ tuuli *season*, *[[An African City]]*, daa nyɛla o ni daa n zaŋ shɛli m bahi YouTube silimin goli March yuuni 2014 puuni. Di daa nyɛla din n jɛndi zonima anu shɛba ban daa n yi silimin tiŋa n labi Africa di ni daa n-niŋ ka bɛ nya yurilim, tuma, nti pahi yuŋ biɛhigu ni m be shɛm *Ghanaian capital* puuni, frank mii daa nyɛla ŋun n diri fiila n jɛndiri *sexuality*. Amarteifio niiya daa nyɛmi ni o bo fiila dibu n zaŋ n jɛndi African ni nyɛ shɛli ka lahi n nyahi *taboos* shɛŋa din daa m-beni maa. Bɛ ni daa n vihi lala *series* maa viɛyelinga ka nya ka di bi n niŋ dede domin bɛ daa n nyaya ka di kpɛrikpɛritiba maa mini Africa paɣaba pam yɛla bi n kpini taba.

Amarteifio daa bi n saɣi n-ti lala bɛ *criticism*, ka daa m  bohiri ba ni wula ka *an average* Africa paɣa be. Lala *show* ŋɔ *season* din m pahiri ayi daa n yimi na yuuni 2016 la puuni. O *TV series* din m pahiri ayi daa nyɛla  *political thriller* ka di yuli m boli called *The Republic* la gba daa nyɛla o ni daa n yihi shɛli na yuuni 2016 maa puuni ka ŋa daa nyɛ din n jɛndi biɛhi'shɛŋa ŋa m be Accra.

Amarteifio nyɛla bɛ ni m booni so ni "the Shonda Rhimes of Ghana." O daa nyɛla bɛ ni daa m pii OkayAfrica 100 Women yuli la m boli so yuuni 2018 la puuni. O ni daa n yina filim shɛli puuni tuuli, *Before the Vows*, daa nyɛla bɛ ni daa n tuui n-niŋ shɛli Seattle International Film Festival yuuni 2018 la puuni. Di daa n nyɛla *romantic comedy* shɛli din n jɛndi Afua mini Nii biɛhigu ni taba ni bɛ amiliya lɔbu.
## ''Filmography''
*Yuuni 2012: *Praying for Daylight* (short film; writer and co-producer)
*Yuuni 2014–present: *[[An African City]]* (TV series; writer, co-director, producer)
*Yuuni 2016: *The Republic* (TV series; writer, director, producer)
*Yuuni 2018: *Before the Vows* (writer, director, producer)
*Yuuni 2020: *Indie Nation* (as herself)

## Kundivihira
 
## External links
*Nicole Amarteifio at the Internet Movie Database