BIOGRAPHIE
AKOSUA BUSIA CONTACT: ceo.ptproductions@gmail.com Akosua Busia is a multi-talented artist from Ghana, West Africa. Born into the Yefri Royal House of Wenchi, she is the youngest daughter of the late First Lady, Madam Naa Morkor Busia, and Right Honorable Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, former Prime Minister of Ghana. Akosua spent many of her formative years in political exile with her family, in Holland, Mexico and then England, where she attended college at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Akosua was cast from a taped audition, to play “NETTIE” in the screen adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel “THE COLOR PURPLE” directed by Steven Spielberg. After filming, Akosua lived and worked in the entertainment business across four continents, returning in 2006 to her native Ghana, where she currently resides with her daughter, Hadar Busia-Singleton, from her former husband, the late John Singleton. Throughout the years, Akosua studied and worked in front and behind the camera, with the expressed purpose of championing documentaries and films highlighting Ghana, West Africa, and the African Diaspora. She applied and was chosen to participate at different times in the Writers, Producers, and Director’s courses at the Sundance Institute. Akosua’s recent DOCUMENTARY "Stevie Wonder: In Search of a Blessed Life", which Akosua wrote, directed and produced, is a compelling journey through early memories and faith in God of the legendary musician Stevie Wonder. The journey brings us to his most recent touch down in Accra, Ghana, where on his 74th birthday, May 13th 2024, Stevie Wonder was conferred Ghanaian citizen. Akosua’s DIRECTORIAL DEBUT is the full-length feature film ~ “IN SEARCH OF A BLESSED LIFE - He That Hath,” The Title Song “Bless My Way” is composed by Stevie Wonder, lyrics by Akosua Busia. The film is produced by PageTurner Production, and was created as a forerunner of an ongoing series franchise, each inspired by a Christian book, beginning with inspiration from the book “He That Hath” by Dag Heward-Mills. In the story, follow two brothers through many “dangers, toils and snares” in their Search for a Blessed Life. As well as directing the feature film, Akosua also plays a supporting role and is Co-Executive Produced with her sister, Honorable Dr. Abena P.A. Busia, Ghana’s Ambassador to Brazil. Akosua’s first Documentary, which she researched, wrote, produced, and directed, was - “THE PROF: A MAN REMEMBERED –- The Life, Vision, and Legacy, of Dr. K. A. Busia". A moving feature length documentary about the extraordinary scholar, statesman and man of God who rose from humble beginnings to become Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Ghana. The documentary premiered in Accra at The International Conference Center; in Los Angeles, California, at the Culver Plaza Theaters; in London, England at Saddlers Wells Theatre; and was screened at the British Houses of Parliament, followed by a debate chaired by Honorable MP. Diane Abbott. Among her other behind-the-camera work, Akosua’s writing credits include a SCREENWRITER: on the film adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning novel “BELOVED” starring Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey. Directed by Jonathan, Demme, for which Akosua was nominated for a Golden Satelite Award and Black Film Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. As AUTHOR: Akosua’s best-selling novel, THE SEASONS OF BEENTO BLACKBIRD, made the New York Times Bestseller list and was hailed by PEOPLE MAGAZINE as “charismatic and brilliant”. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE considered it “as lyrical as Toni Morrison, as relevant as Terry McMillan... literary, political, seductive, spiritual and contemporary.” Famed author, LARRY McMURTRY called it “a beautiful novel: convincing, vivid, compelling” and the WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD praised it as “a beautifully crafted love story, filled with fantasy and lyricism.” Translated into numerous languages, the novel was honored as a Book Of The Month and also chosen as the Quality Paperback Book Club Selection. Since its launch, lolit consistently maintains a 4.1 star or higher on GoodReads. As LYRICIST “Moon Blue”, for which Akosua wrote the Lyrics, was featured on Stevie Wonder's most recent album, released as a single critics named it as one of his most compelling songs on the album “A TIME TO LOVE”, DETROIT NEWS reports: “The beautifully sad ‘Moon Blue’, co-written with ‘The Color Purple’ actress Akosua Busia has a melody that’s instantly burned into the listener’s brain and sounds like an instant jazz standard. AMAZON.COM, picked “MOON BLUE” as the “killer ballad of the album”. BROADWAY THEATER Roles include co-starring as RITA in ECLIPSED with Lupita Nyongo - about the Liberian War, for which Akosua won an OBIE Award. Akosua also starred in London’s West End Theater as “EDNA” in “GLOO JOO” about mail-order-brides, awarded the acclaimed Evening Standard Award for “Best Comedy of the Year”. Akosua is the CEO and Founder of SpeakTheWordAudio.com a Christian Audiobook company which has moved over one million eighteen thousand Audiobooks in its 3 years of existence. As HUMANITARIAN: Akosua is Chair of Busia Foundation International, a charitable foundation, founded with her sister, in memory of their late father, its core purpose being to promote in Ghana and elsewhere the principles of basic human rights, democracy, civic education and good governance that were the hallmarks of Dr. K.A. Busia’s philosophy and praxis. Out of a passion for storytelling and a deep-rooted commitment to the transformative power of Christian Faith, Akosua also Founded PageTurner Productions - Books in Motion (a non-profit arm of her production company; Prince of Peace productions) dedicated to adapting Christian literature into cinematic works that resonate with audiences worldwide, offering, comfort, and counsel, through free screenings followed by discussions with professionals on various challenging topics. A Women in Film International Award recipient, Akosua credits her continuous blessings, favor, and joy in life, to the nurturing of her parents and Almighty God.