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Short Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu

Ajube Kete

6m 9s

Directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu • 2005 • Ghana
Starring Emelia Adwoa Odame

Filmed in Kumasi, Ghana, AJUBE KETE follows a day in the life of a West African girl as she goes about her daily chores amid a chorus of offscreen ridicule from older voices.

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