Akosua Gyamama Busia (“Nettie”) is that she also co-wrote the song “Moon Blue” with Stevie Wonder for his album A Time 2 Love. She’s from Ghana, Africa, and she is a princess of the royal family of Wenchi, Ghana, Africa. Her Dad, Kofi Abrefa Busia, is the ex-prime minister of the Republic of Ghana and he is also the Prince of Wenchi.

Her sister, Abena Busia, is a poet and an associate professor in English at Rutgers University. Akosua Busia grew up in Ghana, and began her acting career at the age of 16, attending London’s Central School of Speech and Drama on scholarship. Her first acting gig was as “Juliet” in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at Oxford University, where her siblings were attending school.

Although some of us probably didn’t see her after her “Nettie” portrayal, she also had roles as “Ruth” in Badge of the Assassin (1985), as “Jewel” in John Singleton’s Rosewood (1997), and as Patience in Antoine Fuqua’s Tears of the Sun (2003). She has also appeared on television in the series ER.

We haven’t heard from Ms. Busia since doing ER…hopefully we’ll be seeing her again soon and Singleton is preparing to direct the biopic TUPAC.

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