# Kumawood

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{{Short description|Ghanaian movie company}}
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Infobox company
| name        = Kumawood
| logo        = Kumawood Logo.jpg
| founded     = 2006
| type        = [LLC](/source/LLC)
| industry    = [Film](/source/Film_industry)
| hq_location = [Kumasi](/source/Kumasi), Ghana
}}
'''Kumawood''' is a privately owned film and awards company<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Peace FM |title=Kumawood Is Not A Movie Industry; It's My Brand |url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/showbiz/news/201409/216425.php |access-date=2019-08-06 |website=peacefmonline. |archive-date=2019-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806174737/https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/showbiz/news/201409/216425.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>  based in [Kumasi](/source/Kumasi), Ghana.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fm8kDwAAQBAJ&dq=Kumawood&pg=PA5|title=New African Cinema|first=Valérie|last=Orlando|date=15 April 2017|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=9780813579580|accessdate=18 February 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/47002980/ghana-s-kumawood-studios-make-films-in-a-hurry|title=Video experience headlines|website=BBC News|accessdate=18 February 2019}}</ref>  Founded by Samuel Kwabena Darko, a Ghanaian businessman and entrepreneur.<ref>{{cite web |title=I am very much disappointed in Adom TV - Kumawood CEO |work=GhanaWeb |date=31 May 2016 |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/I-am-very-much-disappointed-in-Adom-TV-Kumawood-CEO-443468}}</ref>

Kumawood was incorporated as a [limited liability company](/source/limited_liability_company) in 2006. Soon after, a [film industry](/source/film_industry) emerged, eventually becoming a recognizable film company in Ghana.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Asiamah |first=Emmanuel |date=21 August 2023 |title=We're on course of reviving Kumawood, Ghana movie industry |work=Modern Ghana |url=https://www.modernghana.com/entertainment/76377/were-on-course-of-reviving-kumawood-ghana-movie.html}}</ref>

The language mostly spoken is [Asante Twi](/source/Akan_language) and subtitles are available.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanafilmindustry.com/tag/kumawood/|title=kumawood - Ghana Film Industry|website=Ghana Film Industry|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-15|archive-date=2018-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125174046/http://www.ghanafilmindustry.com/tag/kumawood/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Kumawood Actors |language=en-US |work=Yen- Ghana news. |url=https://yen.com.gh/tag/kumawood-actors.html |access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=TalentsGh TV|title=Kwaku Manu Talk About Kumawood Ghallywood Differences|date=2018-08-31|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMp7Aq3TM8|access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africanews.com/2017/06/08/kumawood-the-thriving-movie-industry-in-ghana/|title=Kumawood, the thriving movie industry in Ghana|last=AfricaNews|date=8 June 2017|website=Africanews|accessdate=18 February 2019|archive-date=19 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219020040/http://www.africanews.com/2017/06/08/kumawood-the-thriving-movie-industry-in-ghana//|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Kumawood owns a television platform known as Kumawood TV, which airs on [Multi TV](/source/Multi_TV), as well as the Kumawood app that has been installed more than 100,000 times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kumawood - Apps on Google Play |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mtech.kumawood&hl=en |access-date=2019-08-06 |website=play google |language=en}}</ref>

== Kumawood actors ==
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Kumawood actors include the following:
* [Kofi Adu](/source/Kofi_Adu) (Agya Koo)
* [Kwadwo Nkansah](/source/Kwadwo_Nkansah)
* [Nana Ama McBrown](/source/Nana_Ama_McBrown)
* [Emelia Brobbey](/source/Emelia_Brobbey)
* [Akrobeto](/source/Akrobeto)
* [Kyeiwaa](/source/Kyeiwaa)
* [Mercy Asiedu](/source/Mercy_Asiedu)
* [Vivian Jill Lawrence](/source/Vivian_Jill_Lawrence)
* [Ebenezer Donkor](/source/Ebenezer_Donkor)

==References==
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Category:Cinema of Ghana
Category:2006 establishments in Ghana

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