Boris Kodjoe
Hollywood actor Boris Kodjoe has revealed in a video that he is bringing 40 of the world’s renowned celebrities to Accra to experience the country’s rich culture.
The actor was, in May this year, appointed ambassador of film for Ghana by Catherine Afeku, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture.
Kodjoe urged interested people and bodies “who understand the importance of showing the world what an amazing tourist and business destination Ghana is” to come on board to make this a reality.
Known in real life as Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe, Mr. Kodjoe is an Austrian-born actor of German and Ghanaian descent.
He is popular for his roles as Kelby in the 2002 film ‘Brown Sugar’, the sports-courier agent Damon Carter on the Showtime drama series ‘Soul Food’ and was a recurring character on FOX’s ‘The Last Man on Earth’.
He currently co-stars on BET’s ‘Real Husbands of Hollywood’ and on the CBS medical drama ‘Code Black’.
Kodjoe was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Ursula, a German psychologist of partially Jewish descent, and Eric Kodjoe, a Ghanaian physician who is a Krobo.
He was the host the 2018 edition of the CAF Awards which came off at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Thursday, January 4.