This Inspiring Doc Has Ghana’s Youth Jumping to New Heights
Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM This Inspiring Doc Has Ghana’s Youth Jumping to New Heights In an interview with co-directors Claudia Owusu and Ife Oluwamuyide on their short film ode to the girlhood Ghanaian game ‘Ampe’. ADVERTISEMENT Longtime friends and collaborators Claudia Owusu and Ife Oluwamuyide have set the intention to make space for Black girl joy in mainstream media. ADVERTISEMENT And the Columbus, Ohio-based West African duo are doing so through their debut short film Ampe: Leap into The Sky, Black Girl. Ghanaian-American Owusu introduced Nigerian-American Oluwamuyide to the childhood game ‘Ampe’, and the two creators set their sights on highlighting the beauty within girlhood in West Africa. ADVERTISEMENT ‘Ampe’ is considered to be of Ghanaian descent, though various versions of the game exist across the continent. The girls