Akan is spoken in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire and 5 movies (between 2009 and 2020) with this language have been recorded so far. Most of these movies were shot in Ghana (5). Popular genres for Akan movies are Drama (3), Documentary (1) and Thriller (1). Da Yie (2020), The Burial of Kojo (2018), Azali (2018), Ananse: Spider Man 1 & 2 (2011) and My White Baby (2009) are among the best known & most successful Akan movies.
Ghana's bootleg response to Spider-Man combining the African myth of Ananse with the Marvel Comics' character.
A man is trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother while his daughter embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.
14-year-old Amina from northern Ghana gets sent away to Burkina Faso by her mother to prevent her marriage to an elderly man. However, fate intervenes in the form of kidnappers who bring her to Accra. What trials and tribulations await Amina in the slums of Accra? Will she ever find a way to escape?
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.”.