Afia Schwarzenegger is claiming credit for the creation of the name Kumawood for the movie industry in the Ashanti region.
The actress stated that she coined the term that has become very popular today.
Afia said she attended one of the editions of Ghana Movie Awards which did not live up to expectation.
While pondering over the event, the actress said she thought she and her partner could come up with an award scheme to honour actors in the Ashanti region.
“So we went for Ghana Movie Awards and it was wack. So while in the car on our way to Kumasi, I suggested to Sammy that we can come up with an awards scheme.”
“Sammy asked how it will be called on I said If there is Nollywood, Hollywood then we should use Kumawood. When we got to Kumasi, Mr. Twumasi said we should add akoben so we added akoben and it became Kumawood Akoben Awards. So I initiated Kumawood.”
“As at the time I came up with that name, Kumawood was the biggest in the entertainment industry in Ghana,” Afia Schwarzenegger said on Neat FM in an interview.
Stakeholders in Kumawood are yet to confirm this claim by Afia Schwarzenegger.
