It is really exciting, the way she managed to weave controversy around her to become one of the most talked about contestants in the ‘Big Brother Africa House’. In the house, she brought out some of the different characters we all possess but she would never portray them on TV. Yeah, she did not bring home the money but she accomplished her aim. You don’t agree with her? Well she says: just “leave me alone.”
Wilhelmina Abu Adani grew up in the garden city and was named Mimi by her first boyfriend. She says those days it was very cool to be in the most popular school so she pestered her parents to change her schools so she could attend schools like Holy Spirit International and Martyrs of Uganda to finish up her J.S.S education.
She completed her secondary school at Aburi Girls Senior Secondary and then went for a degree in chemistry at University of Cape Coast. She spent a year at the Tema Oil Refinery as a chemist and travelled to France to get a degree but ended up in University of Alicante in Spain to learn Spanish.
Mimi says she has always been a big fan of reality shows and that enabled her to follow Big Brother Brazil and Big Brother UK since they were initiated. It was thus a dream come true when Big Brother was introduced to Africa. She auditioned for the show in 2007; she admits that her contenders at the audition were of high profile but she sailed through to grab the spot for Ghana.
Her modus operandi to win when she entered the house was to be an, “I don’t care” type of person who has no taste of fashion. She thought this tactics would make her the most unnoticed person in the house. She also used the method of playing on the minds of other house mates. “This method I used back fired big time”.
Unknown to her, Africa was getting pissed off by her shabby way of dressing including her always messy hair. Mimi also became a big time gossip in the house and one could never tell who her next informant was going to be and to whom it would be divulged to. Unfortunately for her, her tactics worked for the housemates since it kept them on their toes.
Her relationship with Ricco was never a secret in the house but she insists nothing ever happened between them because their closeness was only for the sake of friendship. In the house she never realized her mistake because she was not being put up for eviction and thought her plans were working out just fine.
“It was quiet challenging to be there since one had to be an all-round person to be able to perform tasks like children’s puzzle which I had always taken for granted”. As to how she felt when she got home, she said, “excitement and disappointment”. “I was excited because I was finally out of the maddening BBF house and disappointed because I did not get my hands on the money”.
Her eviction met some criticisms but she is adamant about her stance regarding her performance. One would therefore see her as arrogant and stubborn but she says that is just because it takes a lot to change her views on an issue. This she said has prevented her from making mistakes in life, “though it has also made me lose some things in life”.
The title of her first single release, “leave me alone”, she says, was for her critics but the message of the song goes for boys who can’t pay for big girls like her: “if you no get dollar, make you no hala”.
She was of the view that the lack of presence of female musicians in Ghana is because all of them are doing sweet flowing love songs the likes of Keisha Cole and Beyonce will do. The irony, she says, is that the female musicians in Ghana do not perform energetically as our male counterparts. She is, however, optimistic that female musicians would eventually catch up since their numbers are increasing gradually. There are quite a few of us like “Mzbel, Irene, Becca and Eazzy”.
Her story as a female musician, she believes, would be different because of the two record labels managing her: Movingui Records and Empire Entertainment. Mimi describes her person as “sporty” and says her performances are going to be filled with energy like Ghanaians have never experienced before. Her Album is expected to hit the music market in the first week of September.
Currently her two latest singles “Tattoo” and “Fama me” (written by Chase) are blazing on the air waves. Though she admits she is no longer in a relationship with her boyfriend, she debunks rumours that the breakup was due to incidents from ‘Big Brother’; “currently am single, mingling and chilling”. Mimi believes, “for someone to believe in you, you must believe in yourself”.
Wilhelmina Abu Adani grew up in the garden city and was named Mimi by her first boyfriend. She says those days it was very cool to be in the most popular school so she pestered her parents to change her schools so she could attend schools like Holy Spirit International and Martyrs of Uganda to finish up her J.S.S education.
She completed her secondary school at Aburi Girls Senior Secondary and then went for a degree in chemistry at University of Cape Coast. She spent a year at the Tema Oil Refinery as a chemist and travelled to France to get a degree but ended up in University of Alicante in Spain to learn Spanish.
Mimi says she has always been a big fan of reality shows and that enabled her to follow Big Brother Brazil and Big Brother UK since they were initiated. It was thus a dream come true when Big Brother was introduced to Africa. She auditioned for the show in 2007; she admits that her contenders at the audition were of high profile but she sailed through to grab the spot for Ghana.
Her modus operandi to win when she entered the house was to be an, “I don’t care” type of person who has no taste of fashion. She thought this tactics would make her the most unnoticed person in the house. She also used the method of playing on the minds of other house mates. “This method I used back fired big time”.
Unknown to her, Africa was getting pissed off by her shabby way of dressing including her always messy hair. Mimi also became a big time gossip in the house and one could never tell who her next informant was going to be and to whom it would be divulged to. Unfortunately for her, her tactics worked for the housemates since it kept them on their toes.
Her relationship with Ricco was never a secret in the house but she insists nothing ever happened between them because their closeness was only for the sake of friendship. In the house she never realized her mistake because she was not being put up for eviction and thought her plans were working out just fine.
“It was quiet challenging to be there since one had to be an all-round person to be able to perform tasks like children’s puzzle which I had always taken for granted”. As to how she felt when she got home, she said, “excitement and disappointment”. “I was excited because I was finally out of the maddening BBF house and disappointed because I did not get my hands on the money”.
Her eviction met some criticisms but she is adamant about her stance regarding her performance. One would therefore see her as arrogant and stubborn but she says that is just because it takes a lot to change her views on an issue. This she said has prevented her from making mistakes in life, “though it has also made me lose some things in life”.
The title of her first single release, “leave me alone”, she says, was for her critics but the message of the song goes for boys who can’t pay for big girls like her: “if you no get dollar, make you no hala”.
She was of the view that the lack of presence of female musicians in Ghana is because all of them are doing sweet flowing love songs the likes of Keisha Cole and Beyonce will do. The irony, she says, is that the female musicians in Ghana do not perform energetically as our male counterparts. She is, however, optimistic that female musicians would eventually catch up since their numbers are increasing gradually. There are quite a few of us like “Mzbel, Irene, Becca and Eazzy”.
Her story as a female musician, she believes, would be different because of the two record labels managing her: Movingui Records and Empire Entertainment. Mimi describes her person as “sporty” and says her performances are going to be filled with energy like Ghanaians have never experienced before. Her Album is expected to hit the music market in the first week of September.
Currently her two latest singles “Tattoo” and “Fama me” (written by Chase) are blazing on the air waves. Though she admits she is no longer in a relationship with her boyfriend, she debunks rumours that the breakup was due to incidents from ‘Big Brother’; “currently am single, mingling and chilling”. Mimi believes, “for someone to believe in you, you must believe in yourself”.
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