Ghanaian actress and film producer Selassie Ibrahim has once again taken a strong stance against local television stations, accusing them of neglecting local filmmakers and contributing significantly ...

India has its Bollywood and Nigeria, Nollywood. Even New Zealand has a Wellywood. In Ghana, films made in Kumasi and the surrounding region go by a similar shorthand -- Kumawood. The cultural heart of ...

She explained that many TV stations prefer buying years-old movies from other countries and dubbing them in Twi, as though Ghanaian producers are incapable of creating quality content themselves. “But ...

President John Dramani Mahama’s call for the use of local languages in schools is a bold and visionary idea. It reminds us that our languages — Twi, Ewe, Ga, Dagbani, and others, carry our history, ...

African filmmakers have long faced challenges in securing wide-scale distribution for their films. In this context, digital platforms such as Netflix and YouTube have been hailed as bringing huge new ...

Ana Alacovska received funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark for this research Rashida Resario has received funding from DANIDA for this research. Thilde Langevang receives funding ...