Nollywood actor Ramsey Nouah
has opened about the struggles he faced growing
up and how that has helped shape him into the man he is today.
has opened about the struggles he faced growing
up and how that has helped shape him into the man he is today.
Just yesterday, i watched one of his best hilarious movies ‘Heart of a fighter’ where he acted alongisde Mercy Johnson, and i wondered if he ever experienced any struggles while growing up.
Well, turns out he did!
The
44-year-old husband and father of 3 shared in an interview talked about how he used to live on the
streets and sleep in a tiny store that could only take one mat with his
mother. See excerpts below:
44-year-old husband and father of 3 shared in an interview talked about how he used to live on the
streets and sleep in a tiny store that could only take one mat with his
mother. See excerpts below:
Those
were the times when things got really bad for my mother and I and we
had nothing. It was so bad that we didn’t have a home to live in. We had
to stay in a store, one that could take only one mat. My mother and I
squeezed ourselves in that mat. We didn’t even have a cup to drink
water, talk more of a stove to cook on. My mother had to borrow, beg and
stuff like that.Those moments,
those terrible moments we had nothing and we were living off people.
People were just helping us out. There were times we didn’t have food to
eat three or four days. You haven’t eaten and your stomach is rumbling
but you don’t have any place to go. There was a time I lived on the
streets, in shops. There was a time I slept under the bridge. It was
unfortunate that there were no records so that we can have memories we
could play back now. To me, I am so extremely grateful that I went
through it. At that time, I hated everybody around me. In fact, I used
to question why God was doing this to me. But I think God knew that I
needed this for my futureThese were
moments when I was young. I didn’t realize the gravity of the poverty we
were in. I couldn’t tell, but it was good orientation for me. Those
were moments when I thank God for making me pass through, because they
have sustained and helped me even as an actor. The ability to deliver
all the roles they give me comes from having tasted both sides of the
coin.