Yaba Badoe (an haife ta a shekara ta 1955) ita ce ɗan fim ɗin Gana da Biritaniya mai shirya fim, ɗan jarida kuma marubuci. Yaba Badoe an haife ta a Tamale, arewacin Ghana. Ta bar Ghana don yin karatu a Biritaniya tun tana ƙarama. Ya kammala karatunsa a Kwalejin King, da ke Cambridge, Badoe ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin gwamnati a Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Ghana, kafin ta fara aikin jarida a matsayin wacce ta samu horo a BBC. Ta kuma kasance mai bincike a Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka a University of Ghana. Ta yi koyarwa a Spain da Jamaica kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin furodusa da kuma darakta mai yin shirye-shirye na manyan tashoshin telebijin a Biritaniya. Daga cikin kyaututtukan nata sune: Black and White (1987), bincike game da wariyar launin fata da wariyar launin fata a Bristol, ta yin amfani da ɓoyayyen kyamarar bidiyo don BBC1; I Want Your Sex (1991), wani zane-zane wanda ke binciko hotuna da tatsuniyoyi game da lalata baƙar fata a cikin fasahar Yammacin Turai, adabi, fim da ɗaukar hoto, don Channel 4; da jerin kashi shida Voluntary Service Overseas don ITV a 2002.