Ghana / 2022 / 90mins / Documentary / English

This documentary challenges perceptions that Ghanaian women’s activism around existential and political issues is of more recent or ‘western’ origin. While the contributions of African women to anti-colonial and nationalist struggles have been recognized, the position of women in post-independence states and societies has been very uncertain. The film traces 16 women who came of age in the 1960s and 1970s. It follows their experiences, told in their own words, as Ghana passed through periods of military, single-party, and multi-party rule.

Aseye Tamakloe

Aseye Tamakloe is a filmmaker and lecturer at the National film and Television Institute in Accra. She has worked as editor, director and producer on a number of local and international productions. As a freelance editor, her works include, award winning films such as Perfect Picture, by Shirley Frimpong–Manso, Chronicles of Odumkrom; The Headmaster, by Ernest Kofi Abbeyquaye, Who is Afraid of Ngugi by Manthia Diawara, and Freetown by Garret Barty. She is a co-programmer for the Film Africa Festival, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society. She is also the Festival Manager and Director of the European Film Festival, Ghana. (EUFFGH). Aseye Tamakloe is the founder and festival director of Ndiva Women’s Film Festival. A festival that aims to create artistic platforms for the presentation and preservation of work by, for and about women. Tamakloe is a PhD candidate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Legon. She is director and editor of the documentary film When Women Speak. Learn More