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Yaba Badoe

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Yaba Badoe
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipUnited Kingdom, Ghana Edit
Family nameBadoe Edit
Ein date of birth1955 Edit
Place dem born amTamale Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationfilmmaker, journalist, writer, novelist, film director Edit
Ein field of workfilm, documentary film, journalism, literature Edit
EmployerUniversity of Ghana Edit
Educate forKing's College Edit
Notable workI Want Your Sex, A commitment to care, One to One, The Witches of Gambaga, The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo Edit
Award e receivePanafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.yababadoe.com/ Edit
Personal pronounL484 Edit

Yaba Badoe (dem born am for 1955 insyd)[1] be Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker, journalist den author.[2]

Ein life matter

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Badoe dey live insyd Balham, London, plus ein husby, Colin Izod.[3]

Filmography

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  • A Time of Hope (1983)
  • Crowning Glory (1986)
  • Black and White (1987)
  • I Want Your Sex (1991)
  • Supercrips and Rejects (1996)
  • Race in the Frame (1996)
  • A Commitment to Care – The Capable State (1997)
  • Am I My Brother's Keeper? (2002)
  • Voluntary Service Overseas (2002)
  • One to One (2003)
  • Secret World of Voodoo: Africa – Coming Home (2006)
  • Honorable Women (2010)
  • The Witches of Gambaga (2010)
  • The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo (2014)

Bibliography

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  • True Murder (Jonathan Cape, 2009, ISBN 978-0224085021)
  • A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars (Zephyr/Head of Zeus, 2017, ISBN 978-1786695482)[4]
  • The Secret of the Purple Lake (Cassava Republic Press, 2017, ISBN 978-1911115311), five interlinked stories[1]
  • Wolf Light (Zephyr/Head of Zeus, 2019, ISBN 978-1786695529)[5]
  • Lionheart Girl (Zephyr/Head of Zeus, 2021, ISBN 978-1789540864)[6]
  • Man-Man and the Tree of Memories (forthcoming)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Words, Africa in (2017-10-06). "Q&A: Writer and Filmmaker Yaba Badoe" (in English). Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  2. "An Interview with Ghanaian – British Writer, Yaba Badoe". Geosi Reads. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  3. "About the author", Amazon.
  4. "Introducing Yaba Badoe and her debut novel A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars" (YouTube video), 19 April 2017.
  5. "Wolf Light" at Head of Zeus website.
  6. "Lionhheart Girl" at head of Zeus website.
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