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Efia Odo Speaks on the Emotional Toll of Her Strained Relationship with Her Dad
Ghanaian actress and social media sensation Efia Odo, born Andrea Owusu has opened up about her relationship with her parents, specifically her father.
She disclosed that her father was absent from her life during her childhood years in the United State, leading to an estranged relationship between them. Efia mentioned that she only reconnected with her father after returning to Ghana 9 years ago.
In an emotional conversation with Ghanaian blogger, Nkonkonsa, the well-known influencer made known that her father’s absence of parental love and emotional connection had a profound impact on her, recounting specific experiences from her childhood.
Detailing why her father wasn’t in her life, she said she wouldn’t blame him, saying that “It is not my father’s fault that he wasn’t in my life. She (her mother) moved to America, he was here in Ghana.
“I didn’t know my dad until I returned to Ghana in 2015. He was like a stranger to me. My issues with my father affected me. I remember watching movies and seeing a bride dancing with her father at her wedding, and I would start crying
“There was something inside of me that wanted that connection with my father so badly. It’s not happening because I am not allowing it. It is hard for me,” she said while shedding tears.
