{{Short description|Ghanaian TV series}} {{Infobox television | director = Shirley Frimpong-Manso | starring = Nikki Samonas, Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh, Jasmine Baroudi | country = Ghana | language = English | num_episodes = 26 | location = Accra, Ghana | first_aired = {{Start date|2014}} | last_aired = {{End date|2015}} }}
'''''V-Republic''''' was a 26-episode television series from Ghana which ran from 2014 to 2015.<ref name="Larbie">Ama Larbie, [https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Sparrow-Production-s-V-Republic-to-premiere-on-Oct-31-331185 Sparrow Production's 'V-Republic' to premiere on Oct 31], ''Ghana Web'', October 20, 2014.</ref> ''V-Republic'' started in October 2014 as a web series, director Shirley Frimpong-Manso turned to video-on-demand in search of an audience which crossed national borders in Africa.<ref name="Vourlias">Christopher Vourlias, [http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/22/in-ghana-movies-project-fierce-female-leads.html In Ghana, movies project fierce female leads], ''Al Jazeera'', March 22, 2015.</ref> The series ran until 2015.
It starred Nikki Samonas,<ref>[https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/3G-Awards-2019-Nikki-Samonas-to-be-honored-in-New-York-778937# 3G Awards 2019 - Nikki Samonas to be honored in New York], ''Ghana Web'', September 6, 2019.</ref><ref>Arthur Portia, [https://www.pulse.com.gh/lifestyle/fashion/20-questions-on-fashion-with-ghanaian-actress-nikki-samonas/wnmdm2l 20 questions on fashion with Ghanaian actress, Nikki Samonas], pulse.com.gh, September 25, 2019.</ref> Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh and Jasmine Baroudi.<ref name=Larbie/> At the 2015 Golden Movie Awards, the performance of Samonas and Baroudi won them nominations for best TV series actress, while Senanu Gbedawo and James Gardner were nominated for best TV series actor.<ref>[http://www.globentertainment.uk/?p=4425 Glamour At Golden Movie Awards Nominations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126213439/http://www.globentertainment.uk/?p=4425 |date=2024-11-26 }}, ''Globe Entertainment'', 26 May 2015.</ref> Samonas and Baroudi were again nominated at the 2016 Golden Movie Awards.<ref>[https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Full-list-of-nominees-for-2016-Golden-Movie-Awards-Africa-GMAA-441794 Full list of nominees for 2016 Golden Movie Awards Africa (GMAA)], ''Ghana Web'', May 25, 2016.</ref>
==Synopsis== The series followed the lives of four professional women from Accra.<ref name=Vourlias/>
== Cast == * Nikki Samonas as Gina * Joselyn Dumas as Mansa Baiden * Christabel Ekeh as Laura * Jasmine Baroudi as Tilly Walsh * Kweku Elliot as Frank * Nana Frimpong as Danny * James Gardiner as Oliver Quist * Mawuli Gavor as Lenny * Alero George as Tayo * Akofa Edjeani Asiedu as Shirley * Narsh Alexei Smith as William * Ecow Smith-Asante as James Baiden
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==External links== * [http://www.sparrowstation.com/vrepublic.php V-Republic, Season 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723155518/http://www.sparrowstation.com/vrepublic.php |date=2019-07-23 }} * {{IMDb title|tt8592910}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:V Republic}} Category:2014 Ghanaian television series debuts Category:2015 Ghanaian television series endings Category:2010s Ghanaian television series Category:Films directed by Shirley Frimpong-Manso
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