Presented By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
“'A Young Girl’s Voice Doesn’t Break, It Gets Firmer!' :Developing an African-Feminist Perspective in Broadcast Journalism to tell Women’s Stories"
Yaba Badoe, Filmmaker
Yaba Badoe is a Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker, journalist and author.
Her most recent film, launched in 2014, is entitled The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo.
Among her credits are: Black and White, an investigation into race and racism in Bristol, using hidden video cameras for BBC1; I Want Your Sex, an arts documentary exploring images and myths surrounding black sexuality in Western art, literature, film and photography, for Channel 4; and the six-part series Voluntary Service Overseas for ITV.
Badoe directed and co-produced (with Amina Mama) the documentary film The Witches of Gambaga, which won Best Documentary at the Black International Film Festival in 2010, and was awarded Second Prize in the Documentary section of FESPACO 2011.
In addition to making films, Badoe is a creative writer, her first novel, True Murder, being published by Jonathan Cape in 2009.Her short story "The Rivals" was included in the anthology African Love Stories (Ayebia, 2006), edited by Ama Ata Aidoo.
Her most recent film, launched in 2014, is entitled The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo.
Among her credits are: Black and White, an investigation into race and racism in Bristol, using hidden video cameras for BBC1; I Want Your Sex, an arts documentary exploring images and myths surrounding black sexuality in Western art, literature, film and photography, for Channel 4; and the six-part series Voluntary Service Overseas for ITV.
Badoe directed and co-produced (with Amina Mama) the documentary film The Witches of Gambaga, which won Best Documentary at the Black International Film Festival in 2010, and was awarded Second Prize in the Documentary section of FESPACO 2011.
In addition to making films, Badoe is a creative writer, her first novel, True Murder, being published by Jonathan Cape in 2009.Her short story "The Rivals" was included in the anthology African Love Stories (Ayebia, 2006), edited by Ama Ata Aidoo.
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