Dzifa Gomashie
Ghanaian actress and politician
Ablah Dzifa Gomashie (born 5 July 1965) is a Ghanaian female veteran actress, producer, screen scriptwriter and a politician. She is currently the parliamentary candidate of the NDC in the Ketu South Constituency and a queen-mother in the Aflao Traditional Area.
She was the Deputy Minister of Tourism between 2013 and 2017 during President John Mahama's first term and the substantive sector minister in the Mahama government from 2025.
Education
Gomashie was born in Accra to Mr Patrick Dotse Gomashie and Helen Gomashie. She hails from Aflao in the Volta region and was born on July 5, 1965. She had her secondary level education at St. Louis Senior High School in Kumasi and then furthered at the University of Ghana, where she acquired a diploma in Theatre Arts, a bachelor's degree in Theatre Management and an MPhil in African Studies from the Institute of African Studies.
Career
Gomashie's began her actress career in 1985 when she joined the Talents Theatre Company. She has featured in plays like Black Star, Mambo, Chaka the Zulu, Jogolo and The Third Woman. She has also starred in several movies including: Ghost Tears, House of Pain, Heart of Gold and a number of National Arts NAFTI student productions.
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