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Babina (film)
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Wikipedia article
'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.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 It is an African horror film. Babina is played by actress Kalsoume Sinare.Meyer, Birgit, 'Sensational Movies: Video, Vision, and Christianity in Ghana', University of California Press (2015), p. 244, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XI6ADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA244#v=onepage&q&f=false] (last retrieved 12 Jan 2019)
::'...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.'
Cast
*Kalsoume Sinare
*Emmanuel Armah
*Berky Perkins
*Helen Omaboe
*Nii Saka Brown
*Nana Baah Boakye
*Prince Yawson (Wakye)
References
Further reading
*Khn, Steffen, 'Videofilm in Ghana', Institut fr Ethnologie und Afrikastudien (Department of Anthropology and African Studies), Johannes Gutenberg-Universitt, p. 65-70 [https://www.ifeas.uni-mainz.de/Dateien/AP75.pdf] (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) [http://nafa.uib.no/?q=node/538] (retrieved 28 March 2019). (The film was featured as part of a documentary program)
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