Desperate times they say call for desperate measures and for UTV’s Ama Sarpong Kumankuma, when she reached the end of the line some years ago, she realised she needed something extra to get results.
Taking a step of faith, she undertook a three-day dry fast and went on her knees to pray for divine intervention and that action is what landed her her first major radio job with Okay FM in Accra.
Narrating what happened four years ago when Showbiz caught up with her at work, Ama said, “How I ended up working for the Despite Group Of Companies is a miraculous one. You know in December, firms don’t usually like to employ but my story was different.
“I was employed in the second week of December 2012 and before I went to meet Fadda Dickson, General Manager of Despite Group of Companies, I had done a dry-fast for three days. When it ended, I went straight to the front desk of Peace FM. The receptionist asked me if I had an appointment with him(Dickson) and I lied and said yes.
“When I met him, he asked me to do some voice recordings but he never came down to listen to me so I left. The next day, I went back to to see him and this time, I followed him everywhere he went until he gave in.”
Continuing she said, “We went to the studio together and as soon as I started, he stepped out and returned with a newspaper and asked me to do a live review. After a few minutes, he asked when I could start work and I said that same day. But he asked me to start the next day and that was the turning point for me. My life has never been the same since then.”
Before the Okay FM job, Ama Sarpong Kumankuma had a stint with Hot FM also in Accra and one other radio station in the Central Region where she didn’t like the conditions.
Ama has now transitioned from radio to UTV and is one of the recognisable faces on the screen. She does the newspaper review on the Morning Show, Adekye Nsoroma and reads the news, but she is perhaps best known for hosting the discussion segment on their weekend telenovalas where she uses the tagline ‘Alagege.’
“My initial interest was to do radio and I did that for two years. Then one day, they needed someone to go to the market to get the public’s views on the most popular telenovela at the time, Wild At Heart (aka Marie Cruz) and I opted to go. That was how I took over,” she said.
Ama told Showbiz her past circumstance and current success she is enjoying has not gone to her head at all. Instead, it has strengthened her relationship with God.
“God has been good to me and I am now into Him even more than ever. My past is really bad. I have had to live in an uncompleted building with my family, I have been accused of stealing by a pastor’s wife because I was staying with them, I have had to sell fried yam and beef.
“I remember my siblings and I were nicknamed Africa Queen. At that time, that was the mackerel in season and we had credited so much that it became our second name. At a point, no one was ready to sell to us because we owed so much,” the first of six children stated.
“Now I do not joke with my prayers and I have time for God. I will never forget His blessings and I always make Him my priority.”
She encouraged people to have faith in God or whatever it is they believe in because miracles still exist.
Source: Graphic Showbiz
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wow im so surprised that Ghanaians are giving these comments, really what is wrong with fasting for a job, God have mercy, REALLY? Gosh. since when. We talk about God and wat are u saying? Science, nature...wow who is in charge of all these? wow, ive goose bumps now. My dear lady continue to put you hope in Christ, u have motivated me to do the same. The world has come to the point that when you praise God is a sin hmmm some peoples are giving the credit to the devil. im very encouraged about your testimony.. keep on keeping on, its helping most of us. Im encouraged paaa.
The barbaric race is at it again!!! Dogma is preferred to critical thinking in 2017!! When are we going to see reason? How will a nation progress if 90% of its population have the IQ of a donkey? who told you Despite had to fast to come up with UTV? What about hard work and commitment to a purpose? Look at her dumb face!!!
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what has the devil or God got to do with this? She asked for a job and got it. Yet you think God gave her the job and those who question it are demonic. Ghanaians are very gulllible and stupiiiid when it comes to religion. The white man put the Bible in your head and you follow it like foooooooooools. Ghana fuor jimmmi fuor
those of you who think prayers are what got her her job are very childish and stuppppid! If it is prayers that gets things done, Ghana would be the most developed country in the world. Kwassssia fuor. Can't you see that either she was very lucky or she suckkkked some koti to get the job???
if you think prayers can solve all problems and you do not do anything but pray, you are a biggg fuuuuuuuuuuuul. the world does not run on prayers and wishful thinking. It works on hard effort and logical reasoning about the nature of things. Not praying to spirits and believing in imaginary creatures controling your fate.
those of u who dont believe its the hand of GOD should jux disappear with ur canal lifestyle! the fact that the whites r far ahead in terms of development doesn't erase the fact that most of them r lost! lost in the world! the devil sometimes gives a comfortable life to his captives jux to lure them into hell easily! the lord begins to bless u with worldly stuffs after ur heart is made write with him! peace!
I agree with Abonsam Cartoon. it is true, africans think primitively. Africans think only in terms of spirits, witches demons etc. they believe in prayers and superstitions instead of relying on science and physical processes of nature. Africans are very backwards and we all see it from the underdevelopment of the continent
you go to some small buga buga school, earn some fake degree, and suddenly you think all of us who believe in God are backward. Trump's White House prays...they fast and prayer...and they've turned the White House into a prayer centre. You can choose to ***barred word*** and worship it, but allow those who want to worship God, those who think God is important for them to do so...