Accra: Ghanaian playwright and Chief Executive Director of Globe Productions, Latif Abubakar, has revealed the unexpected path that led him into scriptwriting, noting that his career began with a simple online search. Speaking in an interview on Hitz FM on November 21, 2025, Latif explained that he had no background in drama or acting during his school days due to his demanding schedule. However, a major disappointment pushed him to write his first script, Thank God for Idiots.
According to Ghana Web, when Latif and his partners decided to form a theatre company, they enlisted a writer and a director while they served as producers to groom new talents. Their first production was a major success, prompting them to financially reward the writer, even though he had insisted he was only writing out of passion.
Their fortunes changed during their second production, which resulted in heavy financial losses. Latif disclosed that they reinvested all the profits from the first show, expecting another sold-out performance. However, the writer returned with an unexpected demand for $10,000 before continuing to write, which led to a stalemate and halted their production plans.
Determined to continue, Latif took matters into his own hands and decided to learn scriptwriting himself. ‘I just went online, googled how to write a movie, and that was the beginning,’ he said.