Kwaw ansah biography of barack

  • Kwaw Paintsil Ansah was born in 1941 in Ghana and studied theatre design in London, where he first became interested in film production.
  • Kwaw Ansah, being a visual designer himself, as well as a frequent traveller and an ardent collector of African art, has brought heritage objects such as.
  • A fine gentleman he was.

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    The Ghanaian state : Sankofaism

    1In contemporary Ghana ‘cultural heritage’ is a matter of fierce public debate and contestation, but also, and increasingly so, of entertainment and marketing. Long associated with state efforts to articulate a national culture, cultural heritage is now being mobilized in a multitude of ways and to a number of different ends, including commercial ones.2 Especially since the media liberalisation in the 1990s that opened up the public sphere to a plurality of voices and images, a variety of actors put their designs of ‘culture and tradition’ out in the open to attract people to alternative heritage projects not necessarily linked to the nation. Whereas previously the state provided the hegemonic framework for the articulation of a national cultural heritage, this framework has come to face increasing public contestations from a number of societal groups, especially Pentecostal Christian ones. At the same time Ghanaian commercial media today address (and create) a growing, mainly urban market for ‘African heritage’ as a deliberate cultural style and entertainment.

    2The formation of heritage always involves processes of styling that vest ‘culture and tradition’ with an aesthetic appeal. Distinctive about the recent, market-driven trend towards

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    October 7, 2005

    · Interview by Steve Ayorinde

    Steve Ayorinde: Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you. The name of Kwaw Ansah is to a large extent one of the most significant of African cinema. As far as cinema is concerned, we did not hear much from you in Nigeria since Heritage Africa. Has there been a break or change in your focus since that outstanding film?

    Kwaw Ansah: No, there hasn’t been a break. There hasn’t been a shift. There has been rather a pause to reorganize, perhaps to meet a bigger challenge. There was a time when cinema in Ghana was quite active. When colleagues like Ola Balogun or Ousmane Sembène and Co. were meeting at various forums to discuss the future of the industry. Of course, it was very expensive and to make one film, it took nearly a million dollars. Having no color laboratory, we had to do the post-production outside, in our, shall I say, masters’ countries! The English speaking Africans had not the chance of the French speaking. Fortunately for them, there was the French Ministry of Cooperation which helped them to do a lot of films, whereas our colonial master didn’t think of a place for us. So, we had to struggle on our own to do the little we did.

    Whenever we met at any festival, there were very few English s

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    Enimil Ashon: Kwaw Ansah @ 80

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