Nicole Amarteifio

**Nicole Amarteifio** (yavutse 1982) ni umuyobozi wa firime yo muri Gana, producer, n'umwanditsi.

## Ubuzima bwa Biografiya
Amarteifio yavukiye muri Gana ariko yimukira i Londres nk'umwana w'amezi atatu kubera guhirika ubutegetsi mu gihugu cye, aba mu Bwongereza imyaka itandatu.  Sekuru, komiseri w'akarere k'abazungu, yashakanye na nyirakuru muri Gana mu 1945. Nyuma yaje kwimukana n'umuryango we i Scarsdale, New York, ariko buri mwaka aruhukira muri Gana.  Igihe yigaga mu ishuri ryisumbuye rya Scarsdale, umunyeshuri bigana yatanze igitekerezo cyo guturika Afurika kugira ngo ikibazo cya sida gikemuke.  Ababyeyi ba Amarteifio basubiye muri Gana mu 1997. Yabonye impamyabumenyi ihanitse muri Afurika na Afro-Amerika yakuye muri kaminuza ya Brandeis mu 2004.  Amaze kubona impamyabumenyi, yabonye akazi i Washington, DC nk'umujyanama mu iterambere ry'ubukungu bwa Afurika muri The Whitaker Group, akorera Rosa Whitaker . 

Mu 2006, Amarteifio yimukiye i Accra, muri Gana, kugira ngo akore mu iterambere ry'ubukungu muri Fondasiyo Nyafurika. Nyuma gato yo kwimukira muri Afrika, yagize igitekerezo cyo gukora igitaramo nka *Sex and the City* i Accra.  Amarteifio yasubiye muri Amerika kwiga kaminuza ya Georgetown maze ahabwa impamyabumenyi ihanitse mu itumanaho ry’ibigo mu 2010.  I Georgetown, yize munsi ya Mike Long, wamushishikarizaga kwandika amashusho.  Amarteifio yabonye akazi muri Bank y'isi nk'umuntu wa mbere ushinzwe imbuga nkoranyambaga muri Accra. Amezi atari make nyuma yo gusubira muri Gana, yatangiye kumenyekanisha igitekerezo cye kubanyamwuga ba tereviziyo, banga gukora umushinga ariko bamutera inkunga yo kwandika igitaramo. 

Amarteifio yashyizeho bije maze amenya ko akeneye amafaranga ahagije kugirango atangire aho gutanga ibihe byuzuye. Kugira ngo yige kubyara umusaruro, yakurikiranye imirimo yabatunganya ibitangazamakuru byinshi hanyuma yiyandikisha mumasomo ya kaminuza yabaturage. Amarteifio yavumbuye inyandiko zijyanye *Sex and the City* hamwe n'ibiganiro bifitanye isano kuri interineti, maze abikoresha nk'icyitegererezo cyo kwandika, ndetse n'inkuru z'inshuti ze muri Afurika. Yabonye abakinnyi mu guhamagara, maze avugana na mugenzi we bigana, Maame Adjei, kugira ngo bakine Zainab. Adjei yagiye mwishuri muri Connecticut hamwe na Nana Mensah, Amarteifio yahisemo kumiterere ya Sadé.  Yifashishije abakozi ba firime bo muri Gana, Amarteifio ahanini yarashe igitaramo cye muri wikendi nijoro kugirango atavuguruzanya nakazi ke muri Banki yisi. 

Igihembwe cya mbere cyerekana, *Umujyi wa Afurika*, cyasohotse kuri Youtube muri Werurwe 2014. Bikurikirana ubuzima bwinshuti eshanu zari zasubiye muri Afrika nyuma yo gutura mumahanga no kugendana urukundo, umwuga, nubuzima bwa nijoro mumurwa mukuru wa Gana, hamwe nibiganiro byukuri kubyerekeye igitsina. Amarteifio yari igamije gukora ibiganiro kubyerekeye umunya nyafurika, no gukuraho kirazira.  Urukurikirane rwanenzwe guhagararira abantu batoranijwe badafite byinshi bahuriyeho nabagore benshi bo muri Afrika.  Amarteifio yakuyeho kunegura, abaza igitekerezo cyumugore usanzwe wumugore. Igihembwe cya kabiri cyerekanwa cyasohotse muri 2016.  Urukurikirane rwe rwa kabiri rwa televiziyo, rukora politiki yiswe *Repubulika*, narwo rwasohotse mu 2016, rushingiye ku manza zabayeho muri Accra. 

Amarteifio yiswe " Shonda Rhimes yo muri Gana." Yiswe umwe mu bagore 100 ba OkayAfrica muri 2018.  Filime ye ya mbere yakinnye, *Mbere yimihigo*, yerekanwe bwa mbere mu iserukiramuco mpuzamahanga rya sinema rya Seattle muri 2018. Urwenya rwurukundo, rukurikira isano iri hagati ya Afua na Nii mugihe batekereza kurushinga. 

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## Filmography

* 2012: *Praying for Daylight* (short film; writer and co-producer)
* 2014–present: *An African City* (TV series; writer, co-director, producer)
* 2016: *The Republic* (TV series; writer, director, producer)
* 2018: *Before the Vows* (writer, director, producer)
* 2020: *Indie Nation* (as herself)

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