Kumawood

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

Company type	LLC
Industry	Film
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Kumasi, Ghana

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 the Ghana.^{[citation needed]}

The company has been lucrative because of their consistency in producing and providing good quality content in Ghanaian movie space.^[5] The language mostly spoken is Akan, subtitle translations are available.^[6][7][8][9]

Kumawood owns a television platform, Kumawood TV, which airs on Multi TV and also a Kumawood app which has more than 100,000 installs.^[10]

Kumawood Actors

Renowned Kumawood Actors include the following

- Kofi Adu (Agya Koo)

- Kwadwo Nkansah

- Bill Asamoah

- Nana Ama McBrown

- Emelia Brobbey Emelia Brobbey

- Akrobeto

- Kyeiwaa

- Mercy Asiedu

- Vivian Jill Lawrence

- Ebenezer Donkor

References

1. Online, Peace FM. "Kumawood Is Not A Movie Industry; It's My Brand". peacefmonline. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
2. Orlando, Valérie (15 April 2017). New African Cinema. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813579580. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via Google Books.
3. "Video experience headlines". BBC News. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
4. "I am very much disappointed in Adom TV - Kumawood CEO".
5. "Abstract" (PDF). ijrhss. 2017.
6. "kumawood - Ghana Film Industry". Ghana Film Industry. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
7. "Kumawood Actors". Yen- Ghana news. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
8. TalentsGh TV (2018-08-31), Kwaku Manu Talk About Kumawood Ghallywood Differences, retrieved 2018-11-15
9. AfricaNews (8 June 2017). . Africanews. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
10. "Kumawood - Apps on Google Play". play google. Retrieved 2019-08-06.