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Ghana10 Essential Films from GhanaStop 2 of 10

The Boy Kumasenu

1952

Lured by his cousin's tall tales of city life, a boy leaves his fishing village for Accra, where hunger and hard choices soon test him. An early, pioneering film of the Gold Coast.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Ghana

This film is stop 2 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Ghana. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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