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Me broni ba a film by Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Akan
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beauty culture--Ghana.
- Beauty culture.
- Black people--Race identity--Ghana.
- Black people.
- Body image--Ghana.
- Body image.
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--Africa.
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics).
- Hairdressing--Ghana.
- Hairdressing.
- Genre:
- documentary film
- Documentary films
- Short films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (23 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Me broni ba (my white baby)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY Grasshopper Film 2009
- Language Note:
- In English and Akan with English subtitles
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- 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
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 15, 2024)
- OCLC:
- 1439296292
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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