How I ‘swerved’ my father to become a TV presenter – Nana Aba Anamoah

Nana Aba Anamoah

Nana Aba Anamoah has shared a personal story about how she chose a career in television over becoming a medical doctor during an interview on the Konnected Minds Podcast.

“My father wanted me to be a medical doctor, but I told him I wanted to be a TV presenter. He said then we should see how it goes,” she revealed.

“He knew where the inspiration was coming from because he was giving me a lot of books to read, and watching CNN with him.

“My father was a big-time consumer of TV and he wasn’t too sure if I would make it on TV.”

She added that her father recognized her talent in science. “He knew what my comfort zone was and it was science.

“I was really good at science in school, I got excellent grades, so he thought I was going to make a very excellent medical doctor.”

Nana Aba Anamoah, however, says she never pictured herself in medicine.

“I never imagined myself as a doctor because I think I would have been the most horrible doctor.

“I don’t have what it takes to administer what doctors do and I don’t have the patience they have,” she said.

She credits her father’s support for her success.

“He wasn’t happy about it and I could tell from his eyes, but the moment he saw me on TV the first time and I mentioned my name, he just said it’s better I didn’t go to the medical school,” Nana Aba added.

-mynewsgh