Mabelle Prior and the growth of a broadcast journalist
The rise of a journalist : Mabelle Prior: Mabelle Prior is an award-winning Switzerland and Ghanaian Broadcast journalist. Founder of Switzerland Most Beautiful and author of Beyond Race. Married to Denis Prior and have two children, Delase Ephraïm, and Lina Prior, who is a Hollywood award-winning kid actress.
Mabelle Prior worked as reporter at Volta Regional Branch of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1996 – 2000). She relocated to Switzerland where she continued this activity in Swiss for a while before getting engaged in syndical activities and became the first young black lady in the Federatif Committee of migration and the first young black lady in the Federatif Committee of Women. Also worked on BIEL International Fashion projects- which serves as a platform for promoting multicultural inter-nationality within and around Biel and the entire Switzerland Mabelle is presently the editorial director of Swiss Glamour Celebrities magazine.
Mabelle Prior says as a social-cultural critique (a.k.a. agent provocateur), she had to put her strong opinions in a handbook that documents some of her thoughts about the idiosyncrasies of Africans. The lives and lies we live. The vagaries of their unique poverty that stretches into billions of dollars. Their worn habits dying for an updated version. She mirrors their fears. She dissects their hypocrisies. She pokes at their beliefs that care for them so much they rid them of every possibility to be exceptional.
We asked Mabelle Prior a few questions, like Who are your role models? My parents: my Mum Mrs. Irene Asase Dagadzi, founder of Doctor Asase Memorial Children’s Home, and my Dad Doctor Felix Dagadzi of blessed memories who was the Head of Medecin Scolaire in Togo. They remain my everlasting models. And of course, my grandma Adadzawa Dede Felicia who was always there for us when my parents were working hard to provide our needs.
Mabelle Prior (born March 17, 1976) is a Swiss Ghanaian/Togolese origin. Former broadcast journalist and producer of Women and children’s programme back in the 1990s on Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. She is popularly known as ‘Ghana’s Radio Queen’ in those days.
What’s your most memorable experience? One of my memorable experience is when I was booked to host a music festival in Ho sports stadium in Ghana in the year 2000 in the presence of 10000 people, the main musician didn’t turn up, and I was nearly killed by the angry public, it was a complete mob throwing things at me on the stage. I was frightened, I thought It was the end of my life. Luckily enough, the Mayor of the city, the District Chief Executive Captain George Nfodjo, who happens to be my uncle, sent soldiers and security men to come and protect me and take me away from the crowd. It was an experience I will never forget.