Ghanaian dancer Lisa Quama has stated that she was suspended from her senior high school for making a dance video in her school uniform.
Speaking in an interview on Joy Prime, Lisa recounted that she was asked to create a dance video to promote Nigerian singer Teni’s song “Billionaire.”
Without considering the potential consequences, she agreed and posted the video on social media.
A few days later, school authorities discovered the video and issued her a six-month internal suspension with hard labor, along with other students who appeared in the video.
“The suspension was for six months. It was a weekend visit, and my manager texted me that Teni wanted me to dance to one of her songs and I should do it in my uniform. Innocent me thought it would be cool because it would show that I was in school and also dancing.
“Then somebody posted the video on Facebook, where the older people are, and my headmaster saw it and sent it to the old students’ group. They started asking why the uniform was all over the internet. Back then, dance was not respected. It was on a Saturday, so when the headmaster found out, he called me out during our Monday assembly. I was the entertainment prefect at the time.
“So I was suspended internally with my friends and was tasked to fetch 50 buckets of sand every day. Our school was on a hill, and the sand was down.”
After enduring the punishment for a week, some of her male colleagues also received the same penalty. They then unofficially stopped, leaving the boys to complete the work.
Today, Lisa Naa Quama Darko, her birth name, is one of the most recognized and celebrated alumni of the school and a significant reason why many junior high school students choose to enroll there.
“Now when I get to the school, they don’t even want me to leave. They want me to talk to the kids and involve me in their programs. People are choosing that school because of me,” she shared.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
