Bishop Bob Okala

**Samuel Kwadwo Boaben** (1957–2016) wanda kuma aka sani da **Bishop Bob Okala**, ya kasance ɗan wasan barkwanci kuma ɗan wasan Ghana da ya shahara saboda rawar ban dariya da ya taka a shirin GTV ''Key Soap Concert Party''. Bob Okala ya sami karbuwa a shekarun 80s, 90s da farkon karni lokacin da wasan barkwanci da pantomime suka fara samun karbuwa a talabijin. Ana masa kallon daya daga cikin manyan jaruman barkwanci na kasar Ghana kuma majagaba na wasan barkwanci. Okala sunan gida ne kuma mai son masoya a lokacin da ya shahara. Asali, Okala ya fara zama ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa, yana wasa amateur da ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwararrun ƙungiyoyin gida kamar Fankobaa da sauran su. Koyaya, rashin iya samun rayuwa mai kyau daga ƙwallon ƙafa, haɗe tare da raunin rauni na dogon lokaci da iyakancewar ci gaba ya tilasta masa neman sabon aiki a wani wuri.

A kusa da wannan lokacin, Okala ya riga ya fara ƙwarewarsa a wasan barkwanci kuma ya fara jan hankali daga shugabannin ƙungiyoyi daban -daban waɗanda suka gane ƙwarewarsa. Don haka, ya shiga cikin wasan barkwanci lokacin da Babban Eddie Donkor, shahararren mawaƙin hilife ya ɗauke shi aiki don ƙara wasan barkwanci a cikin raye -rayen sa da wasan kwaikwayo. A kusa da wannan lokacin, yawancin kungiyoyin wasan kwaikwayo sun ƙara wasan ban dariya da solos a cikin wasannin su yayin gabatarwa da shiga tsakani don nishadantar da masu sauraro. Bayan ya yi aiki tare da Babban Eddie Donkor, ya kuma shiga Nana Ampadu da kungiyar 'Yan uwansa na Afirka waɗanda suka zagaya ƙasar da yawa kuma suna wasa a yawancin mashahuran wuraren. Daga nan Okala ya koma Babban Eddie Donkor a rangadin kusan shekaru goma. Ya koyi yin wasan yawo da kidan guitar tare da raye -raye daban -daban da kungiyoyin wasan kwaikwayo. Yayin yana aiki a matsayin ɗan wasan barkwanci na ɗan lokaci, Okala kuma yayi aiki a matsayin mai yin burodi wanda ke rarraba burodinsa ga dillalai daban-daban na gida.

Bob Okala ya kasance tare da wasu shahararrun yan wasan barkwanci na Ghana kamar su Waterproof, Nkomode, Agya Koo, Bob Santo, Judas, Akrobeto, Araba Stamp, Koo Nimo da sauran su da yawa waɗanda suka fara aikin panto da wasan barkwanci a Ghana lokacin da talabijin ta fara isa. talakawa. Haɓaka Okala zuwa shahara yana da alaƙa da Key Concert Party wanda ya zama babban taron nishaɗin daren Asabar a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na ƙasa. Ya ci nasarar *Key Soap Concert Party* na "Zakara na Zakarun" sau biyu. A lokacin, manyan abokan hamayyarsa don neman mukamin sun kasance Agya Koo da Nkomode. Okala yana da salon wasan barkwanci na musamman da kasancewar sa na musamman, gami da lebe mai ƙyalli da idanu cike da farin foda, tabarau masu girman gaske, doguwar riga mara kyau wacce ta isa ƙarƙashin gwiwa, ta yin amfani da pestle na katako na gargajiya (tapoli) kamar baka, sanye da safa a hannu biyu, yana saka wandonsa cikin safafunsa, sannan yana daura agogon bango a hannunsa a matsayin agogon hannu wanda a wasu lokutan yakan fada lokacin. A dabi'ance, Okala ya yi karin gishiri na lokaci koyaushe yana haifar da babbar dariya daga masu sauraro, ganin cewa ra'ayinsa koyaushe ya wuce na agogon 24hr na yau da kullun.

A lokacin da ya shahara, ya yi wasan kwaikwayo a Jamus, Holland, Kanada, Italiya da sauran ƙasashe bisa gayyatar 'yan ƙasar ta Ghana.

Kafin rasuwarsa, Bob Okala ya halarci bikin ranar samun 'yancin kai na Ghana karo na 59 inda ya sanya rigar' yan sanda irin ta mulkin mallaka tare da wasu tsoffin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo don yin wasan kwaikwayo na gajere ga masu kallo. Shugaban kasa na lokacin, John Dramani Mahama da sauran manyan mutane sun halarci taron. Okala ya mutu bayan mako guda. Yanayin da ke kewaye da mutuwarsa yana nuna cewa ya fadi nan da nan bayan wasan kwaikwayo a raye -raye na Koforidua Jackson Park. Asali, ba a caje Okala don taron ba amma ya zaɓi ya nuna don ba da goyan baya kuma ya ba da gudummawa ga wasannin. Wadanda suka shirya wannan taron sun fara tuhumar dacewarsa ta yin wasan, ganin tarihinsa na rashin lafiya na dogon lokaci, da kuma yadda ya kasance a bayyane yake a lokacin. Don haka, sun yi ƙoƙari a banza don lallashe shi da kada ya hau matakin saboda rashin lafiyarsa. Koyaya, ya nace kuma ya basu tabbacin cewa yana da cikakkiyar ikon isar da wasan sa. Bayan faduwar sa kwatsam, an garzaya da shi asibitin yankin Koforidua inda aka tabbatar da mutuwarsa. An yi jana'izarsa a jihar a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Accra daga ranar 9 zuwa 11 ga Yuni, 2016, bayan haka aka binne gawarsa a Yankin Ashanti.

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