Nana Ama McBrown, a renowned Ghanaian actress, has made a heartfelt appeal to the United States Embassy in Ghana to reconsider and lift the travel ban imposed on her. The actress, who was deported from the United States in 2001, revealed that the ban was enacted following the deportation, though she did not disclose the specific reasons behind the incident.
In an interview on Starr Chat with Bola Ray, McBrown expressed her desire for the embassy to reassess her case. She emphasized her current positive track record and pleaded for a second chance. “And I’m begging them. Please American Embassy, consider me again. When you look at my record, I’m not a bad person. I’ve never been a bad person. Because I really knew what I’ve done, and I wanted to correct it,” she said.
Additionally, McBrown used the platform to address broader issues related to visa applications. She urged Ghanaians to be honest when applying for visas and avoid document forgery. “It’s true that I didn’t know about it. There is this thing about Ghanaians that when we are going to the embassy, even now, we are very scared. We start shaking and for that matter we keep lying. So I will use this opportunity to say that if you are going to the embassy, things have changed more than my time. Now fingerprints… are there. So we should things right, now. Now if I go and they don’t give me, I’m very okay. If they give me, I’ll be very happy because I’m coming genuinely now. And I’m saying that to everybody, go genuinely, because the records will be there forever. And if you keep lying, it will go against you,” McBrown advised.
In the same interview, McBrown shared her views on marriage, suggesting that women should consider delaying marriage until after the age of 35. She argued that this approach would allow women to better prepare themselves emotionally and physically for the challenges of marriage. She further noted that if she were a man, she would also consider waiting until after 40 to ensure a stable and enduring relationship.
