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Reports reaching odarteyghnews.com indicates that Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye alias Strika, the kid who played in the infamous ‘Beast of No Nation’ movie alongside Abraham Attah is now a beggar on the streets of Accra.

A Facebook user by the name Caleb Nii Boye made the sad revelation on his Facebook account on Monday morning.



The post read; “I am sad this morning. I was heading to the Ghana Institute of Journalism campus and I met Striker. You would ask who is Striker? Striker starred in the movie Beast of No Nations. The said film that made Abraham Attah. Today I met him begging for money on the road leading to GIJ. I called him and brought him to campus. Speaking to him he tells me he now works with a gentleman who sells Yam at Agbogbloshie Market. He stays with his grandma at North Kaneshie”.

In an interview with Serwaa Amihere of GhOneTv, Strika revealed that all the kids who shot the movie have been well taken care of except him in terms 0f payment.

Strika further stated that “ I was told i was paid 30,000 but i don't know if it was in cedis or dollars , i was a child then so the producer by name Zoey open the account for me. I have stopped schooling because it's difficult for me hence i want to learn a trade so i left Cape-coast to Accra. My parents are dead so i stay with my grand mum who takes care of me"

This revealation comes as a shock to Ghanaians since Kobina Amissah-Sam in an interview with MzGee on Hitz FM in 2016 said all the kids who took part in the movie have been well taken care of.



He is reported to have said “They have not been forgotten, they have really been taken care of. They are not lacking now as they used to so everything is cool for them now. He has never been in school before but after the production, producers of the movie felt that they have to put him in school. I don’t think that it is Netflix that is taking care of them, it is the producer who wants to help the kids. He is taking care of the three kids, Abraham, Striker and there is one other guy called Justice who stepped on Agu’s head when he was caught”

Watch full interview below;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b8FLJoP6KM

Meekend:
In 2015, Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye was featured as “Strika” in the movie Beast of No Nations alongside Idris Elba and Abraham Attah. Three years later, he is on the streets of Ghana, begging to earn a living.

The young actor was seen begging by a fan who recognized him and was taken to a local tv station for an interview. Speaking on GHOne TV, Quaye narrated his experience after the acclaimed film.


According to him, he was supposed to be paid $30,000 for the role but the money was taken custody of by a handler who promised to pay the money once he turned 18. Sadly, the said person has not made good on that promise.

The movie was a Netflix adaptation of a book of the same title by Uzodinma Iweala and cost six million dollars to produce. Idris Elba won a SAG Awards for his role and was nominated for Golden Globe.

On the contrary, Abraham Attah who played the main character Agu has since made inroads into a Hollywood career. Having relocated to the United States, he got a role in the Marvel film Spiderman: Homecoming and is billed to feature in the forthcoming The Modern Ocean.

Quaye’s life couldn’t be any different as he continues to scrape by in his home country. He revealed that he was also featured in a Ghanaian movie Jungo Justice but suffered the same fate- the producers told him his fee was used to buy clothes and shoes for him but he never got any actual money.

READ MORE:
http://meekendblog.com/cheated-out-of-30000-he-was-paid-for-beast-of-nations-strika-now-a-beggar-in-ghana/

OkaNaUbe:
$300,000

With that money, he shouldnt be poor, ever!

avictor05:
There's a difference between knowing how to make and keep money.

OkaNaUbe:
$300,000

With that money, he shouldnt be poor, ever!

MrBrownJay1:
thanks bro, almost fell for this BS!!!! here is him today....