Mawuli Semevo

Veteran actor Mawuli Semevo died at Ridge Hospital in Accra on 20 February 2025 from injuries suffered in a fire. He had acted on stage and screen since 1980.

Life and work

Mawuli Yaw Semevo was born in Chorkor in 1962. He went to Cambridge Preparatory School and then Presbyterian Training College, where he found his love of acting. After a stage play in 1980 he joined the Ghana Theatre Club at the Arts Centre in 1981 and later worked at the National Theatre, where he played Baba Fakunle in Ola Rotimi's The Gods Are Not to Blame. His films include The Lost Stool (1997), A Stab in the Dark, Harvest at 17, Cargo (2006), Like Cotton Twines and Bishop Handle Stick.