Hollywood actor and producer, Idrissa Akuna Elba, better known as Idris Elba, has urged Ghana’s government to promote creative arts education.
The well-known award-winning individual claims that there is a misconception that the creative arts are limited to just singing, dancing, and acting.
“We’re encouraging the government of Ghana to really push education in creative arts,” Idris Elba said on Opemsuo FM in Kumasi when he recently came to Ghana.
He said “You know part of the plan that we have which is about building studios is policy and the policy comes from the government to make sure people can industrialize filmmaking”.
“But a part of that is education, education is the key and young people should get educated, and it’s important if you want to be an actor, storyteller, cameraman, you have to go to school.
“School is a good entry point so what we are hoping to do alongside our film initiative is also bolster the education process,” he remarked on the show.
“To find ways that when we are bringing films to Africa that there is a student component where there’s a shadowing somebody in a higher position and accreditation to a school course” he ended.
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