Me Broni Ba is a lyrical portrait of hair salons in Kumasi, Ghana. The tangled legacy of European colonialism in Africa is evoked through images of women practicing hair braiding on discarded white baby dolls from the West. The film unfolds through a series of vignettes, set against a child's story of migrating from Ghana to the United States. The film uncovers the meaning behind the Akan term of endearment, me broni ba, which means “my white baby.”

My White Baby

A portrait of a dilapidated Olympic-sized pool in Accra, Ghana.

Drexciya

Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful, 1975 yılında New York’taki siyah topluluğun saç stili trendlerini gözlemliyor. Bir kadın kuaförde saçına örgü yaptırıyor, bir başka kadın sarı bir eşarp bağlıyor. Buluntu görüntüleri manipüle ederek yeniden bir araya getiren bir kısa film.

Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful

This short by Akosua Adoma Owusu offers a spellbinding, semi-autobiographical interpretation of a traditional Ghanaian folktale in which the contemporary collides with the mythological in both content and form.