Yaba Badoe

**Yaba Badoe** (wɔwoo no afe 1955) yɛ Ghana - Britania documentary film yɛfo, nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔfo ne ɔkyerɛwfo.

## Adwuma
Wɔwoo Yaba Badoe wɔ Tamale, Ghana atifi fam . Ɔfirii Ghana kɔsuaa adeɛ wɔ Britain wɔ ne mmofraase pɛɛ. Ɔyɛ obi a wawie King's College, Cambridge, Badoe yɛɛ adwuma sɛ ɔman dwumayɛni wɔ Ministry of Foreign Affairs wɔ Ghana, ansa na ɔrefi n'adwuma ase wɔ nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔ mu sɛ obi a ɔretete no wɔ BBC . Na ɔyɛ nhwehwɛmufo nso wɔ Afrika Adesua Asoɛe a ɛwɔ Ghana Sukuupɔn mu . Wakyerɛ ade wɔ Spain ne Jamaica na wayɛ adwuma sɛ ɔyɛkyerɛfo ne ɔkwankyerɛfo a ɔreyɛ nsɛm a wɔakyerɛw ama television dwumadibea atitiriw a ɛwɔ Britain no. Nea ɔde ayɛ adwuma no bi ne: *Black and White* (1987), nhwehwɛmu a wɔyɛe wɔ mmusuakuw ne mmusua mu nyiyim ho wɔ Bristol, a wɔde video mfoninitwa mfiri a ahintaw dii dwuma maa BBC1 ; *I Want Your Sex* (1991), adwinni ho kyerɛwtohɔ a ɛhwehwɛ mfonini ne anansesɛm ahorow a ɛfa abibifo nna ho wɔ Atɔe Famfo adwinni, nhoma, sini ne mfoninitwa mu, ma Channel 4 ; ne *Voluntary Service Overseas* a ɛwɔ afa asia a wɔde maa ITV wɔ afe 2002.

Wɔ siniyɛ akyi no, Badoe yɛ adebɔ ho ɔkyerɛwfo, n'ayɛsɛm a edi kan, *True Murder*, a Jonathan Cape tintimii wɔ London wɔ afe 2009. Bere a Zagba Oyortey resan ahwɛ *True Murder* mu wɔ *The Africa Report* mu no, ɔkaa ho asɛm sɛ “anwonwade, adehwere, adamfofa ne prescience a ɛyɛ fɛ a ɛyɛ den fi Ajuba, Afrikani abeawa bi a ɔdan fii ne fie a ɛyɛ fɛ wɔ Ghana kɔɔ sukuu a wɔtra mu wɔ England nkuraase akyi no adwene mu n'awofo aware a ɛhwee ase."  Wɔde n'asɛm tiawa "The Rivals" kaa nhoma a wɔaboaboa ano a wɔfrɛ no *African Love Stories* (Ayebia, 2006), a Ama Ata Aidoo na ɔhyehyɛɛ no ho. Ɔakyerɛw mmofra nhoma abiɛsa nso.

Badoe na ɔkyerɛɛ kwan na ɔne Amina Mama boom yɛɛ (ne Amina Mama ) sini a ɛfa nsɛm ho a wɔfrɛ no *The Witches of Gambaga*, a edii nkonim wɔ Nkyerɛwee a Ɛsen Biara wɔ Abibifo Amanaman Ntam Sini Afahyɛ mu wɔ afe 2010 mu, na wɔmaa no Nkonimdi a Ɛto so Abien wɔ Nkyerɛwee fa a ɛwɔ FESPACO 2011  Ne sini a ɔyɛe nnansa yi ara, a wɔde sii hɔ wɔ afe 2014 mu no, wɔato din *The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo* .

Wɔ afe 2016 mu no, ɔde ne ho hyɛɛ "Yɛn Fie Ho Nsɛm a Yɛka: Nhwehwɛmu ne Afahyɛ a Ɛresakra Afrika ne Afrika-Atubrafoɔ Mpɔtam" mu wɔ Chapel Hill, NC.

Ɔyɛ obi a ɔboaa 2019 nhoma a wɔaboaboa ano *New Daughters of Africa*, a Margaret Busby na ɔhyehyɛɛ no .

## Sini ho mfoniniyɛ

* *A Time of Hope* (1983)
* *Crowning Glory* (1986)
* *Black and White* (1987)
* *I Want Your Sex* (1991)
* *Supercrips and Rejects* (1996)
* *Race in the Frame* (1996)
* *A Commitment to Care – The Capable State* (1997)
* *Am I My Brother’s Keeper?* (2002)
* *Voluntary Service Overseas* (2002)
* *One to One* (2003)
* *Secret World of Voodoo: Africa – Coming Home* (2006)
* *Honorable Women* (2010)
* *The Witches of Gambaga* (2010)
* *The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo* (2014)

## Nhoma ahorow a wɔahyehyɛ

* *True Murder* (Jonathan Cape, 2009)
* *A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars* (Zephyr/Head of Zeus, 2017)
* *The Secret of the Purple Lake* (Cassava Republic Press, 2017), five interlinked stories
* *Wolf Light* (Zephyr/Head of Zeus, 2019)
* *Lionheart Girl* (Zephyr/Head of Zeus, 2021)
* *True Murder* (Jonathan Cape, 2009)
* *A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars* (Zephyr/Head of Zeus, 2017)
* *The Secret of the Purple Lake* (Cassava Republic Press, 2017), five interlinked stories
* *Wolf Light* (Zephyr/Head of Zeus, 2019)
* *Lionheart Girl* (Zephyr/Head of Zeus, 2021)

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