Tiwa Savage makes acting debut in film shot in Ghana

Tiwa Savage

Singer Tiwa Savage is making her acting debut in a film titled Water and Garri.

The 43-year-old made this known in an Instagram post on Wednesday.

“This is about to be an ICONIC moment. My first acting and co-directing debut with the goat @mejialabi.

“Water And Garri the Film Coming soon,” Tiwa wrote.

Produced by Unbound Studios and its subsidiary JM Films, Water and Garri was shot in Cape Coast, Ghana. 

It got its name from ‘Water and Garri’, a music EP Tiwa released in 2021.

Tiwa wrote and performs the film’s original soundtrack and is an executive producer through her Everything Savage company.

She is cast as a fashion designer with a budding career in the US who returns to her home in Africa to confront the guilt she left behind. 

Meji Alabi directed from a script by Comfort Emmanuel, with Unbound’s Jimi Adesanya producing.

Alabi and Adesanya also serve as executive producers, along with Vannessa Amadi-Ogbonna.

Mike Afolarin, Andrew Bunting and Jemima Osunde also star in the film.