David Dontoh

**David Kwame Dontoh** (a mụrụ n'afọ 1964) ma kpọọ ya *Uncle David*, "Ghanaman" na "Kofi Abranteɛ" (Kofi Gentleman), bụ onye Ghana na-eme ihe nkiri na onye telivishọn nke pụtara na ọtụtụ ihe nkiri obodo na mba ụwa, ejije ihe nkiri, na ihe nkiri ndị ọzọ. O nweela mmetụta dị ukwuu na mmepe nke telivishọn na ihe nkiri, ọkachasị n'oge oge ọlaedo nke ihe nkiri na Ghana n'afọ ndi 80s na 90s. Ọ malitere ime ihe nkiri n'afọ 1980 mgbe ọ hụrụ mgbasa ozi akwụkwọ akụkọ National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) na-akpọ ndị nwere ike ime ihe nkiri ka ha bịa maka ọzụzụ na ihe nkiri na ihe nkiri. Aha ihe nkiri NAFTI mbụ ya bụ "The Way To Shame" obere nkeji asaa nke Alex Bannerman duziri dịka akụkụ nke nyocha ya na mmepụta ihe nkiri. Alex bụ onye bụ nwa akwụkwọ nke NAFTI n'oge ahụ hụrụ David ma mee ka ọ rụọ ọrụ ndu dịka onye ahụ e bu n'obi abịaghị n'oge ịgba égbè. Ndị nyocha nke ihe nkiri ahụ, ọkachasị Mike Hagan, ghọtara ikike David nwere na ihe nkiri na ihe nkiri ma mee ka nke a pụta ìhè nye Alex Bannerman na-eto eto. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, a chọpụtara ikike ime ihe nkiri nke David mgbe ọ rụrụ ọrụ na "Gus: The Theatre Cat", obere oge nke uri nke T. S. Eliot dere. Ọ bụ George Andoh Wilson nke *Wilson Acting Academy* ama ama duziri egwuregwu a. 

## Ihe nkiri
Ihe nkiri David a ma ama gụnyere, Beasts of No Nation (2015), The Dead (2010) na The Cursed Ones (2015). 

## Ọrụ ndị a ma ama
David abụwo onye otu ogologo oge nke ndị na-ahụ maka ihe nkiri nke Ghana National Theatre ruo ọtụtụ iri afọ ma lara ezumike nká na nzukọ ahụ n'afọ 2000. Ya na Maazị Effah Nkrabea Darteh hiwere Ghana Union of Theatre Societies . Ọ bụkwa onye guzobere "*Ghana Actors Guild*" ma bụrụ odeakwụkwọ mbụ nke Guild. Ọ bụkwa onye isi oche nke "*Ghana Concert Parties Union*". David abụrụla onye isi oche nke kọmitii atụmatụ nke "*Ghana Music Awards*" ruo ọtụtụ afọ.

Ewezuga mmepụta azụmahịa, David Dontoh na-arụ ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ nke ya "*Golden Kauri*" na NGO, "*Kaurifire Arts Foundation*". O guzobela otu ihe nkiri atọ iji kwado ndị na-eme ihe nkiri. Ndị otu a bụ "*KOZIKOZI* Theatre Company", "*Edzikanfo Concert Party*" na "*David Dontoh Cultural Ensemble*" (DADON CULEN)

Ugbu a, ọ bụ onye isi oche nke Ghana National Film Authority (NFA) nke e guzobere na Disemba afọ 2019. National Film Authority na-enye nlekọta n'ozuzu na njikwa mma maka ụlọ ọrụ ihe nkiri. A na-edebe nzukọ ọkpụkpụ ahụ ugbu a n'ime ogige nke Bureau of Ghana Languages ma ọ ka nwere ndị ọrụ zuru ezu. N'afọ 2015, ọ malitere DAS Professional Acting Institute na Zenith University College, Ghana.

## Afọ mbụ
A mụrụ David Dontoh na Gyegyeano, nke dị na Cape Coast na mpaghara etiti Ghana. Nna ya bụ onye nkuzi, onye edemede na onye ọrụ ugbo nwere ọkachamara na ọrụ ugbo akwụkwọ nri na anụ ụlọ. Nne ya - Elizabeth Victoria Ackon Green (Efua Beduwa) - bụ onye na-azụ azụ. Nne na nna ha alụghị di. Nna nna ya (Humphrey Kweku Dontoh) bụ onye ọkụ azụ nke si Gomoa Fete nwere njikọ nna nna ya na obodo Saltpond. O tolitere na Cape Coast, Abakrampa na Winneba - obodo azụmaahịa na ọrụ ugbo n'akụkụ etiti ụsọ oké osimiri Ghana. A nọrọ afọ uto ya n'ime nnukwu ezinụlọ, nke nwanne nna ya na nwanne nne nke ọrụ dị iche iche gbara ya gburugburu. Ọ na-ekwu na ihe ịga nke ọma ya n'ime ihe nkiri sitere na ọnọdụ mmekọrịta kwa ụbọchị gburugburu esemokwu, ihe ọchị na njikọta n'ime nnukwu netwọk ezinụlọ dị mgbagwoju anya nke o toro na ya. Site na nwata, David Dontoh na-eto eto nwere mmasị dị ukwuu na sayensị, ọdịdị ala, akụkọ ihe mere eme, akwụkwọ, uri, nkà ihe ọmụma, nka oge ochie na nke oge a, n'etiti ndị ọzọ. Ọ bụ nwa akwụkwọ kachasị mma n'afọ1975 ma nwee ike ịkọwapụta ụwa site na ncheta. Ọ gụrụ ụfọdụ n'ime akwụkwọ ochie kachasị emetụta Socrates, Plato na Aristotle n'oge ezumike ụlọ akwụkwọ. Na mbụ, David chọrọ ịchụso ọrụ ma ọ bụ dị ka dọkịta ma ọ bụ onye na-anya ụgbọelu mana ọ dara akara nnabata a chọrọ mgbe ule nke isii ya gasịrị. Omume ọjọọ n'oge ọ bụ nwata kpaliri mmasị David na nkà mmụta ọgwụ. Ọ suturu ọnyá nke enyi ya nke ya na ya gara izuru mkpụrụ akị bekee n'ụlọ onye agbata obi ya. Nwatakịrị ahụ merụrụ aka ya na iko gbawara agbaji mgbe ọ na-awụlikwa elu n'elu mgbidi iji gbanahụ njide. David ji obi ike tinye aka ma jiri agịga na eriri ụlọ nkịtị na-adụ ọnyá ahụ na nzuzo. N'ụzọ na-akpali mmasị, ndị dọkịta hụrụ ọrụ ịwa ahụ na-adịghị mma nke ọma nke na ha chere na a manyere ha ịhapụ akwa ahụ ruo mgbe ọnyá ahụ gwọrọ kpamkpam. Ihe omume a dị ịrịba ama mere ka a kpọọ ya "*Dọkịta David*" nke mere ka mmasị ya na nkà mmụta ọgwụ dịkwuo elu.  

## Agụmakwụkwọ
Agụmakwụkwọ praịmarị nke David Dontoh bụ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ dị iche iche na Cape Coast, Winneba, na Abakrampa na mpaghara etiti Ghana. O mere ọtụtụ ihe nkiri n'oge ọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Apam Senior High School . Ọ gụrụ sayensị, Bekee na uri. N'afọ ndị ikpeazụ mgbe iwu ewu ya malitere ịrị elu na ihe nkiri, onye na-eme ihe nkiri ya n'oge ahụ - Grace Omaboe (Maame Dokono) nke Obra ama ama - gbara ya ume ka ọ nweta nzere na ihe nkiri na ihe nkiri mgbe o meriri Best Actor Award n'afọ 1984. Ya mere, David gụrụ Drama na Theatre na School of Performing Arts University of Ghana n'etiti afọ 1985 na 1988 ebe ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na edemede egwuregwu ma nweta diplọma. 

## Ndụ onwe
David Dontoh lụrụ Rebecca Dontoh. Di na nwunye a mụrụ ụmụ atọ, abụọ n'ime ha bụ Jojo na Ewurama. E nwere echiche na ya na Grace Omaboe (Maame Dokono) na-akpa ihe dịka afọ anọ n'oge ha na-anọkọ ọnụ dịka ndị otu ihe nkiri a ma ama "*Obra*". A na-akpọkarị di na nwunye a dịka di na nwunye n'ọtụtụ ihe omume Obra. Kemịkalụ siri ike na nghọta dị n'etiti di na nwunye na ihuenyo apụtawo ìhè mgbe niile nye ndị na-ege ntị. N'ọtụtụ ajụjụ ọnụ, David ekwenyeghị maọbụ gọnahụ asịrị banyere mmekọrịta ịhụnanya ha mana ọ na-ekwusi ike na ha abụọ bụ ezigbo enyi ma bụrụ ezigbo enyi n'oge Grace Omaboe na di mbụ ya kewara. Otú ọ dị, Grace Omaboe na-ekwu eziokwu banyere mmekọrịta ha. O kwuputala n'ajụjụ ọnụ na ha abụọ na-akpa nwa oge. Dịka Grace si kwuo, ha hụrụ onwe ha n'anya n'ezie ma tụledị alụmdi na nwunye mana ha kpebiri megide ya n'ihi ọdịiche na-enweghị nkwekọrịta na atụmanya. David chọrọ ka ha nwee ezinụlọ ọnụ mana Grace amụtala ụmụ isii site n'alụmdi na nwunye gara aga. Ọ gafekwara ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya nke iri anọ wee mee mkpebi onwe ya ịghara ịmụ nwa ọzọ n'ihi nsogbu ndị nwere ike ime ime n'afọ ndụ ahụ. N'oge ahụ, David bụ nwata n'ime ha abụọ ma nwebeghị ezinụlọ nke ya. Ya mere, di na nwunye ahụ kewara site na nkwenye nke ibe ha mana ha ka bụ ezigbo enyi kemgbe ahụ. 

E wezụga ime ihe nkiri, David bụkwa onye na-ede uri, onye na-ede edemede, onye na-eme ihe nkiri, onye na-ede egwuregwu (television na ihe nkiri), onye na-ede egwu, onye na-agụ egwu, onye na-ede egwu, onye na-ese ihe, onye na-ese ihe osise, wdg. O deela ọtụtụ abụ ma dee ihe karịrị uri 300 na Fanti, Twi na Bekee. Ọ bụ onye isi oche nke Ghana National Film Authority.

## Ihe nkiri

### Ihe nkiri

### Television

## Ihe nrite na nkwanye ùgwù

* Best Actor ECRAG Award 1984,1989 na 1992
* Nkwado kachasị mma na narị afọ nke ihe nkiri ụwa, Ghana Film Award 1999
* PAM African Film Festival
* Ghana Peace Award (2017)

## Njikọ mpụga
National Film Authority Official Website

## Edemsibịa

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