Yaba Badoe is an award-winning Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker and writer. In 2014 Yaba was nominated for the Distinguished Woman of African Cinema award. Her debut novel, A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars , was shortlisted for Branford Boase Award 2018 and has been nominated for the 2019 Carnegie Medal. @yaba_badoe
*Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018. *Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Award 2018. A powerful, haunting deb... MoreA Jigsaw of Fire and Stars
The Secret of the Purple Lake is a collection of five interlinked stories that take us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Sp... MoreThe Secret of the Purple Lake
African myth and magic beat in the dark heart of this fable about witchcraft, superstition, the bonds we choose and thos... MoreLionheart Girl
African myth and magic beat in the dark heart of this fable about witchcraft, superstition, the bonds we choose and thos... MoreLionheart Girl
Set in contemporary Notting Hill, Man-man and his friends are swept up in the exuberant preparations for carnival. But h... MoreMan-Man and the Tree of Memories