Ghanaian dancer Lisa Quama has recounted how she faced suspension after making a dance video in her school uniform while in senior high school.

She narrated that she was asked to make a dance video in her uniform to promote Nigerian singer Teni’s song 'Billionaire.’

Unfortunately, she agreed without a second thought, not realizing the potential consequences of posting the video on social media

A few days later, the school authorities spotted the video and issued her a six-month internal suspension with hard labour, along with other colleagues who appeared in the video.

“The suspension was for 6 months. It was a weekend visit, and my manager texted me that Teni wanted me to dance to one of her songs and I should do it in my uniform. Innocent me said it would be cool because it would show that I’m in school and also dancing. Then somebody posted the video on Facebook, which is where the older people are, and my headmaster saw it and sent it to the old students’ group, and they started asking why the uniform was all over the internet. Back then, dance was not respected. It was on a Saturday, so when the headmaster found out, he called me out during our Monday assembly, and I was the entertainment prefect by the time. So I was suspended internally with my friends and was tasked to fetch 50 buckets of sand every day. Our school was on a hill, and the sand was down.”

However, after enduring the punishment for a week, some of her male colleagues also received the same penalty. They then unofficially stopped, leaving the boys to complete the work

Currently, Lisa Naa Quama Darko, her birth name has become one of the most recognised and celebrated alumni of the school and the reason why most JHS students enrol in the school.

“Now when I get to the school, they don’t even want me to leave. They want me to talk to the kids and involve me in their programs. People are choosing that school because of me,” she said on Joy Prime’s Changes show.