My White Baby

My White Baby

2009/02/19 • Released • Akan, English

Documentary
9.0
22m

Overview

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.”

Director : Akosua Adoma Owusu

Casts

Haizel Adofo

(voice)

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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