Ameyaw Kissi Debrah is a freelance showbiz journalist and internet publicist based in Accra, Ghana. He holds a B.A Publishing Studies degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), where he was voted the Best Publishing Student of 2005.
Ameyaw has developed a keen interest in African entertainment and his works are amongst the most celebrated and enjoyed across West Africa. He created the critically acclaimed column, “The Awful Truth with Ameyaw” for Star Newspaper, a weekly entertainment and lifestyle broadsheet published by African Communications Ltd. He won the hearts of many readers with his sharp and often very accurate critique on Ghana’s emerging entertainment industry.
His entertainment works can currently be enjoyed across the globe on the worldwide web through his on-line column on www.jamati.com and www.modernghana.com . He also has a plethora of contributions on www.orijin-ent.com, www.ghanacelebrities.com , www.atacmag.com and others. He is also an alumnus and contributing blogger on www.africanews.com .
Ameyaw is also the entertainment news editor for www.ghanaweb.com , the biggest resource site on anything Ghanaian. Ameyaw’s official website, www.ameyawdebrah.com has become the voice for exclusive entertainment news/interviews/views/reviews/photos/videos in Ghana and increasingly, he is becoming the bridge between the Ghanaian/African Diasporas and the entertainment front in the homeland. Apart from having his articles republished on several other websites, newspapers, TV shows, radio shows and magazines, Ameyaw also contributes to a number of pan-African print magazines.
Ameyaw Debrah has gradually graduated from being a voice for the industry only in Ghana and is spreading his tentacles into Nigeria and across the West African sub region and Africa at large. Through his work, he has interviewed and met many international personalities such Kofi Annan, Rev Jesse Jackson, Lloyd, John Legend, Damon Dash, Ozwald Boateng, Jay Z, Akon, Ade Bantu, Coptic, Wyclef, Mario, Eve, Sean Paul, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Damon DashDavid Clowney, Santonio Holmes and many others.
