For Vogue’s November issue, MichaelaCoel takes us on a personal tour of her ancestral home—Accra, Ghana—and talks openly about love, representation, politics, and what matters most to her about living a creative life on her own terms. Read the full story:
Michaela Coel doesn’t like to sit still; she’s a self-described mover, the type to run a half-marathon in the middle of the night for fun. So I’m not all that surprised when the 35-year-old actor-writer-director suggests meeting for a Rollerblading session on a Sunday morning in Accra, Ghana’s capital city. “Totally down for that, sounds like fun!!!” I respond via WhatsApp, adding one too many exclamation points out of apprehension. To be honest, it’s a terrifying idea.
By midday I’m feeling less wobbly, and my teacher Rashaq thinks we’re ready to hit the road. Coel knows all the best routes in the city, and suggests we head to Cantonments, an affluent neighborhood with smooth tarmac perfect for Rollerblades. She navigates the streets like a local because she practically is one; last year she lived around here for six months.
In Ghana, Coel moves with a particular kind of ease. “I’d been to Africa before—Kenya and Uganda—but when I came here I was really seeing people who looked like me”the hilarious one-woman play turned BAFTA award–winning sitcom she created that follows the life of Tracey Gordon, an amateurish 20-something on a mission to lose her virginity. She remembers attending the London premiere ofin a halter-neck dress she’d made out of wax print fabric her mother had brought back from Accra.
“There’s some sort of slow euphoric feeling that I get when I skate,” she says. “Skaters are never stressed or agitated. They’re on good vibes”Chewing Gum. Coel first shared her story publicly at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in 2018, where she was invited to deliver the prestigious keynote speech, known as the MacTaggart lecture, the first Black woman in the event’s 42-year history to do so. In the address, she spoke candidly about the experiences that had shaped her perspective, including her harrowing assault, the racism she faced at drama school, and the isolation she felt in the entertainment world.
Though separated for most of Coel’s childhood, her parents have an amicable relationship now, and in recent years, the actor has gotten closer to her father, who has moved back to Ghana. “I started to imagine my parents as people, not parents, and what a crazy life it must have been to emigrate to England. Imagine you’re a smart, intelligent man like my dad, but you are just seen as someone who cleans. You face this glass ceiling,” she says.
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