Kumawood
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Company type | LLC |
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Industry | Film |
Founded | 2006 |
Headquarters | Kumasi, Ghana |
Kumawood is a privately owned movie and awards company[1] that is based in Kumasi, Ghana.[2][3] It was founded by Samuel Kwabena Darko, a Ghanaian businessman and entrepreneur.[4]
Kumawood was incorporated as a Limited liability company in 2006; soon after, a prominent film industry emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable film company in Ghana.[5]
The company has been lucrative because of their consistency in producing and providing good quality content in Ghanaian movie space.[6] The language mostly spoken is [[Akan language|Asante Twi subtitles translations are available.[7][8][9][10]
Kumawood owns a television platform, Kumawood TV, which airs on Multi TV and also a Kumawood app which has more than 100,000 installs.[11]
Kumawood Actors
[edit]Renowned Kumawood Actors include the following
- Kofi Adu (Agya Koo)
- Bill Asamoah
- Nana Ama McBrown
- Emelia Brobbey Emelia Brobbey
- Akrobeto
- Kyeiwaa
- Mercy Asiedu
- Ebenezer Donkor
References
[edit]- ^ Online, Peace FM. "Kumawood Is Not A Movie Industry; It's My Brand". peacefmonline. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ Orlando, Valérie (15 April 2017). New African Cinema. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813579580. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Video experience headlines". BBC News. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "I am very much disappointed in Adom TV - Kumawood CEO".
- ^ Asiamah, Emmanuel (21 August 2023). "We're on course of reviving Kumawood, Ghana movie industry".
- ^ "Abstract" (PDF). ijrhss. 2017.
- ^ "kumawood - Ghana Film Industry". Ghana Film Industry. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
- ^ "Kumawood Actors". Yen- Ghana news. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
- ^ TalentsGh TV (2018-08-31), Kwaku Manu Talk About Kumawood Ghallywood Differences, retrieved 2018-11-15
- ^ AfricaNews (8 June 2017). "Kumawood, the thriving movie industry in Ghana". Africanews. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Kumawood - Apps on Google Play". play google. Retrieved 2019-08-06.