PHOTOS: Godfred Donsah's father illegal stowaway trip to Italy brings Bologna TV to Ghana

Published on: 21 December 2015
PHOTOS: Godfred Donsah's father illegal stowaway trip to Italy brings Bologna TV to Ghana
Godfred Donsah working in the cocoa farm.

Serie A side Bologna have followed midfielder Godfred Donsah to Ghana to document his life story which saw him grow up in poverty after his father left for Italy. 

His father Kweku Takyi, who went to Italy as a Lampedusa immigrant in 2007, could not pay for food and school fees for Donsah and his three sisters.

Godfred Donsah
Godfred Donsah
He had to walk on the desert for seven days to Libya before joining a small boat with 21 others to the peninsula.

Godfred Donsah in the Cocoa Farm with his agent Oliver Arthur.
Godfred Donsah in the Cocoa Farm with his agent Oliver Arthur.
Donsah narrates the hardship he had to go through working in his father’s cocoa farm where his mother still works.

Godfred Donsah.
Godfred Donsah.
But football was the savior as he sent to Italy by agent Oliver Arthur after being discovered playing at a tournament in Accra.

Bologna have sent down a crew filming his side of the story, the family’s account and his father’s risk of leaving his children and wife for greener pastures through a dangerous route.

Godfred Donsah in the Cocoa Farm with his agent Oliver Arthur.
Godfred Donsah in the Cocoa Farm with his agent Oliver Arthur.
Godfred Donsah's eldest sister talking about the Bologna star.
Godfred Donsah's eldest sister talking about the Bologna star.
Godfred Donsah's parents narrating their story.
Godfred Donsah's parents narrating their story.
Godfred Donsah shows off his weeding skills.
Godfred Donsah shows off his weeding skills.
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