Marita Ofori

EARLY LIFE

Yaria Neemah, (real name Marita Ofori) was born and bred in the slums of Nima-Kanda highway, Accra, Ghana. At age 5, she sang to the strums of her father’s guitar, who is also a songwriter and a singer. Her love for the arts and entertainment increased exponentially, leading her to participate in dance troupes, acting, and modeling. After junior high school, she learned to play the guitar with her father as her tutor. In high school, she was active in entertainment shows, performing music, acting, and MCing events. She completed high school at 15.

CAREER

Marita Ofori, also known as Yaria Neemah, decided to pursue music professionally after high school, rehearsing with a band and composing tunes with her younger brother, who is now her sound engineer. She later ditched music for a period and worked as a Montessori practitioner for 3 years. She returned to entertainment after studying acting at the Ghallywood Film Academy, discovering talents in presenting and acting. As an actress, she appeared in films and series such as HashTag (2018), Purple Rose (2014), and the recent production Pimp's Paradise (2025). She hosted High Skuul Tv on TV3, worked as a news anchor at First Digital Tv for 2 years, and hosted Ghana’s first photo modeling oriented TV show, Photo Icon. She is also a writer, managing director, and executive producer at CINE-GOD STUDIOS. She is signed with BGC Melody as an Afropop/Neo-soul artist.