Wp/wlx/Paul Danquah
Paul Danquah, dɔgɩbʋ yuori ɩ la Joseph Paul Walcott (25 May 1925 – 13 August 2015),[1] da ɩ a British sini dieng-dienna, ka nuba bamuu neŋ o tuma aŋ i film A Taste of Honey (1961), aŋ da yi 1958 yieme ŋmeɛbu yuori aŋ i Shelagh Delaney. O da ta wagre kaŋa a leɛ barrister ane a bank consultant. [2]O Ba da iye Ghana yiri ningkpong J. B. Danquah.[3][4]
Vorihuŋ anɩŋ Tʋma
[edit | edit source]Ba da dɔguu ung i Joseph Paul Walcott aŋ be London, England, beng ung da baa[5]. O ma, Bertha May Walcott, da iye Bɔrefɔ, kyɛ ka o Ba Joseph Boakye "J.B." Danquah da i a Ghanaian politiisa ane lasiri bundaana ; Paul da iye bikpoŋ a biihi jamaa poɔ yi kultaa jamaa ane sɛnne jamaa.[6]
Danquah da danhee law bang DA boɔna a bar aŋ be a Inner Temple, meŋ aŋ i Ghana ane Washington, D.C. O da tuŋnɛɛ tuma kyaahi peihibu neŋ a World Bank kyɛ da wa gaa pɛnhuu a 1986, kyɛ da gaa Washington befriended African-American arts practitioners aŋ paahe Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Roberta Flack ane Nina Simone.[7]
Ung da i karembie, Danquah da iye diengdienna ‘mumpiilee aŋ be a British film A Taste of Honey (1961), ka o tuma da e Jimmy.[8] O taree kiss neŋ co-star Rita Tushingham, ung da yeli ka o na la a dɛndɛŋ interracial kiss on screen.[9] A leɛ kaabu kyaahi a The New York Times noted: "Paul Danquah o sinii munpiilee aŋ i Negro sailor, iye bi-poli yengbangina ane subtle aŋ i bile kyɛ tare a boɔbu tuma".[10] O da terɛɛ a BBC Two television series Play School aŋ i 1965 o da iye a black presenter dɛndɛŋ daana kyaahi a bibilee dieng yeli tarihi aŋ be UK.[11]
Painter Francis Bacon da laŋ kpɛ neŋ a Danquah ane Danquah's partner Peter Pollock (19 November 1919 – 18 July 2001)[12] kyaahi a ba Battersea flat yi 1956 te ta 1961. A wagre ga poɔ, a late 1961, Danquah da kyɔɔre ko la Don Bachardy to draw Bacon. Danquah laŋ gaaneŋ la Pollock te ku Tangier, Morocco, a late 1970s. A late 1990s, Danquah ane Pollock da nyɛ la a suitcase aŋ tare seuri neŋ Bacon; a seuri ama da nyɛe iibu yi Tate aŋ da i 1996 ane ihiwulibu a 1999.
Danquah kūū jie da iye Tangier a 13 August 2015 ung da i yuomo 90; yi o yaaŋa Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, ka ba da ūūmu a Boubana Cemetery, aŋ peɛle Peter Pollock, yi ung da teri noɔri o vorihung saŋa.
Filimogeraafi
[edit | edit source]Sinihi mine
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | A Taste of Honey | Jimmy | Directed by Tony Richardson |
| 1966 | That Riviera Touch | Hassim | Morecambe and Wise comedy directed by Cliff Owen
Uncredited |
| 1967 | Maroc 7 | Police Officer | Directed by Gerry O'Hara |
| 1967 | Smashing Time | 2nd Exquisite | Directed by Desmond Davis
(final film role) |
Tiivi
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Armchair Theatre | Flecker | Series 5, episode 17: "A Voice in the Sky" |
| 1965 | Danger Man | James Owen | Series 2, episode 22: "Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet" |
| 1965 | Play School | Himself | Presenter |
| 1966 | Danger Man | Cleaner | Series 3, episode 6: "The Mercenaries" |
| 1966 | Danger Man | Barman | Series 3, episode 12: "The Man on the Beach" |
| 1966 | The Avengers | Lieutenant Razafi | Series 4, episode 16: "Small Game for Big Hunters" |
Tarɩjiihi mine mɩŋ
[edit | edit source]Tarɩjiihi
[edit | edit source]- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39059/page/5514/data.pdf
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Isherwood
- ↑ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=202066
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_South_Bank_University
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200497/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/actor-lawyer-lover-of-the-arts-her-uncle-defied-category/2016/06/01/a28668c4-17a0-11e6-9e16-2e5a123aac62_story.html
- ↑ https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/05/28/what-i-learned-from-my-auntie-maya/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0893562300
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/28/rita-tushingham-interview-taste-of-honey-shock-60s
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B00E6DA1E31E63ABC4953DFB3668389679EDE
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/oct/15/how-we-made-play-school
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Hall