Babina (film)

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Babina
Directed byAshangbor Akwetey Kanyi
Written byLeila Afua Djansi[1] Ashangbor Akwetey Kanyi
Produced byAshangbor Akwetey Kanyi
Release date
  • 2000 (2000)[1]
CountryGhana
LanguageEnglish

Babina is a 2000 Ghanaian film written by screenwriters Leila Afua Djansi and Ashangbor Akwetey Kanyi. The film tells a story about a conflict between a witch called Babina, who was sent to the world to destroy the life of man, and the men of God who oppose her.[2][1][3][4] It is an African horror film. Babina is played by actress Kalsoume Sinare.[3]

...the spirit woman Bambina, who snatches the husband of a barren woman, gives birth to an evil spirit child, and terrorizes her environment with her spiritual gaze, which brings sickness, mishap, and death.[3]

Cast

  • Kalsoume Sinare[3]
  • Emmanuel Armah
  • Berky Perkins
  • Helen Omaboe
  • Nii Saka Brown
  • Nana Baah Boakye
  • Prince Yawson (Wakye)

References

  1. ^ (last retrieved 12 Jan 2019)
  2. ^ Blackstar, Nana. "Babina". YouTube. Nana Blackstar. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. ^ (last retrieved 12 Jan 2019)
  4. ^ Editors: Bilstein, Johannes; Winzen, Matthias, (contributors: Heike Behrend, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden), Seele: Konstruktionen des Innerlichen in der Kunst, vol. 1, 2nd edition, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2004), p. 77

Further reading

  • Köhn, Steffen, Videofilm in Ghana, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien (Department of Anthropology and African Studies), Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, p. 65-70 [3] (thesis) - retrieved 18 Jan 2019
  • Bilstein, Johannes; Winzen, Matthias, (cont. Heike Behrend, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden), Seele: Konstruktionen des Innerlichen in der Kunst, Volume 1, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2004), p. 77
  • The Nordic Anthropological Film Association: The NAFA Film Collection, Ghanaian Video Tales, by Tobias Wendl (2006) [4] (retrieved 28 March 2019). (The film was featured as part of a documentary program)

External links

  • Pulse : 8 epic old Ghanaian movies you need to watch again by David Mawli (03/09/2017) [5] - retrieved 18 Jan 2019