Celebrated Ghanaian Journalist, Umaru Sanda Amadu also known as Cowboy Journalist has made an astonishing revelation that he had no aspirations while growing up.
Umaru Sanda anchors news bulletins including Eyewitness News and also hosts the weekly FaceToFace personality-driven discussion show on Citi FM and Channel One TV
Unlike many who harbour childhood dreams of grandeur, the celebrated Journalist spent his early years herding cattle with his father.
Speaking as a special guest on Channel One TV’s entertainment and Lifestyle show Upside Down – which is co-hosted by Frema Adunyame and Nana Tuffour, the Cowboy Journalist offered a glimpse into his unexpected path to fame.
According to him, “Seriously, I never had a dream of making it in life… I was herding Cattle… from school at Temasco, on vacation, while some of my mates travelled abroad, for the one month that we would be at home I would rather go to the village at Esutwarie and herd cattle… I was herding Cattle morning and afternoon but during the dry season, we take the cattle to the bush as late as 1 am… I didn’t have any dream of leaving anywhere beyond where I was”.
The most intense part of the interview was when the ‘FaceToFace’ host recounted how the headmaster of Assutuare Basic School threatened to arrest his father for removing him from the school a month before the Basic Education Certificate Examination to go and herd cattle.
Watch the full interview below
