Leila Djansi

**Leila Afua Djansi** yɛ Amerikani ne Ghana siniyɛfo a ɔhyɛɛ ne sini adwuma ase wɔ Ghana sini adwuma mu.

## Mfitiase asetra
Wɔwoo Leila Djansi sɛ Leila Afua Djansi wɔ afe July 17  Na ne papa yɛ wimhyɛnkafo na ne maame yɛ Ayarehwɛfo Panyin. Djansi nyinii wɔ India ne Ghana. Ɛwom sɛ na agodie ne akyerɛw yɛ n’anigyede de, nanso na n’adwuma ho ɔpɛ ne sɛ ɔbɛyɛ mmea ho ɔyaresafo, nhyehyɛe a akyiri yi ɛsakrae bere a n’ani begyee asɛnnibea ho nhwehwɛmu ho no . Bere a na wasiesie ne ho sɛ ɔbɛkɔ nsɛmmɔnedi ho adesua mu, adwuma mu nsakrae foforo bae bere a ohyiaa Ghana odiyifo Sam Odoi, na ɔmaa ogye dii sɛ ɔbɛkyerɛw nkyerɛwee ama no no. Na wadi mfeɛ 19 berɛ a Producer Akwetey Kanyi yɛɛ ne script *Babina* yɛɛ no sini.

## Nwomasua
Djansi kɔɔ Kabore Mfitiaseɛ ne JSS, Mawuli Sukuu a wɔde sua mfitiaseɛ, nkumaa ne ntoaso sukuu a ne nyinaa wɔ Ho, wɔ Volta Mantam mu wɔ Ghana.

Ɔhyɛɛ ne sini adesua ase wɔ Ɔman Sini ne Television Sukuu, nanso ofii Ghana kɔɔ Amerika kɔtoaa ne Sini ne Television Abodin krataa so wɔ Savannah College of Art and Design wɔ adwinni Honors Scholarship so.

## Adwuma
Ghana Nhomakorabea Boayikuw Akenkanfo kuw no titrani mfe abiɛsa, ne tra wɔ adwuma no mu fii ase bere a na ɔto so abien wɔ ɔmantam ahoɔfɛ akansi bi mu wɔ afe 1998 mu.

Ɔfaa adwuma wɔ Socrates Safo Movie Africa Productions, faako a ɔyɛɛ adwuma sɛ Ɔkyerɛwfo/Line Producer. Bere a na ɔwɔ adwumakuw no mu no, ɔkyerɛw Ghana Gay/Lesbian hokwan ho sini a edi kan, *The Sisterhood*, sini a na Ghana sini so odiyifo a wawu Suzzy Williams ka ho. Djansi ne ɔman no Gama Film Company yɛɛ adwuma, faako a ɔkyerɛw na ɔyɛɛ *Legacy of love* .

Wɔ United States no, ɔhyehyɛɛ Turning Point Pictures, adwumakuw bi a ɛde ne ho a ɛyɛ sini ahorow a wɔde asi wɔn ani so sɛ wɔbɛyɛ sini ahorow a ɛfa asetra mu nsɛm ho.

## Abasobɔde ne agyede a wɔde ma
Wɔmaa Djansi sini a edi kan no afe 2009 worldFest Platinum Award; sini a wɔato din *Grass Between My Lips*, no yɛ mmea twetiatwa ne aware a wɔyɛ no ntɛm ho asɛm, a wɔyɛe wɔ Ghana kusuu fam akuraa bi ase.

 Wɔ afe 2010 mu no, wɔde ne dwumadi a edi kan, *I Sing of a Well*, too gua sɛ ɔnkɔ Afrika Sini Academy Awards 11 . Sini no nyaa abasobɔde 3: Nnyigyei a Ɛsen Biara, Atade a Ɛsen Biara ne Asɛnni Baguafo Abasobɔde Titiriw a Wɔde Ma Sini a Ɛsen Biara a Ɛsen Biara. Wɔ afe 2011 mu no, wɔde BAFTA/LA Pan African Film Festival Choice Award maa Djansi wɔ sini a wɔato din *I Sing of a Well* .

Djansi sini a ɔyɛe wɔ afe 2011 mu a wɔfrɛ no *Sinking Sands* nyaa African Movie Academy Award 10, na Ama K Abebrese nyaa Oyikyerɛfo a Ɔsen Biara Abasobɔde na Djansi nyaa Mfitiase Nkyerɛwee a Ɛsen Biara Abasobɔde. Wɔ Ghana Movie Awards a edi kan wɔ afe 2011 mu no, Djansi's *Sinking Sands* nyaa abasobɔde wɔ "Best Art Direction", "Best Costume", "Best West African Film" ne "Best Picture". *Wɔpaw Sinking Sands* wɔ akuw 14 mu.

Djansi mmɔdenbɔ a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa sɛ ɔyɛ ɔkwankyerɛfoɔ *Ties That Bind* nyaa Black Reel Awards Nomination wɔ afe 2012 mu. Sini no nso dii nkonim wɔ Diaspora sini a eye sen biara wɔ 2012 San Diego Black Film Festival ase .

Wɔ afe 2016 mu no, Djansi kyerɛɛ *Like Cotton Twines*, nhwehwɛmu a ɛfa Trokosi adeyɛ ho wɔ ne kurom Ghana. Wɔpaw sini no sɛ "Wiase Ayɛsɛm Sini a Ɛsen Biara" wɔ Los Angeles Sini Afahyɛ ase . 

Djansi adwuma ne mmoa a ɔde ama wɔ Ghana sini adwuma mu no, UNiFEM Ghana, The African Women Development Fund, The Ghana Musicians Association ne mpɔtam afoforo a wɔdwene asetena mu nsɛm ho no agye atom. 

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