“I Can’t Speak In My Mother-Tongue” – Jackie Appiah

Ghanian born Nollywood actress, Jackie Appiah who won Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2010 Africa Movie Academy Awards has revealed why she can’t speak her mother-tongue, Twi (Akan) in a recent chat with HighlifeToday.

The role interpreter who hails from the Ashanti Region revealed that due to where she was brought up and the kind of job she does, many see her to be someone who has lost touch with her local dialect.

In her words; ‘ “I can speak twi, I understand but I’m not able to flow as others do, maybe due to my upbringing. I have a Canadian background so that could be one of the reasons.

“Another is that I mingle with people who speak English and that also is not helping me but don’t worry I know my roots. For all you know, I might produce a twi movie one of these days,”