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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY...................................
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DAVIDE DE STEFANONICHOLAS K. LORYBENJAMIN WRIGHTJOSH LEVINSKYTHE MILLGERNOT FUHRMANN
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95 MINUTES2015UK / GHANA2K 2.39:1 DCP, 5.1 DOLBY5K ANAMORPHIC
Based on real events, THE CURSED ONES is a gripping drama about a young girl accused of witchcraft and a disillusioned reporter who fights to free her from the clutches of corruption and superstition.
DIRECTED BYNANA OBIRI YEBOAH
PRODUCED BYNICHOLAS K. LORY
WRITTEN BYMAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
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MEDIUM SYNOPSISA series of misfortunes lead a West African village to accuse a young girl, Asabi (OPHELIA DZIDZORNU), of witchcraft.
Their Pastor (FRED AMUGI) insists that salvation lies in her exorcism and death, using his compelling rhetoric to incite fear
into the people and turn Asabi’s mother (AMA K ABEBRESE) against her own daughter.
Disillusioned reporter, Godwin (ORIS ERHUERO) finds himself swept up in the witch hunt. With the help of a young school
teacher (JOSEPH OTSIMAN), he attempts to save Asabi’s life, fighting back against corruption and false prophets.
Based on true events, The Cursed Ones is a story of morality, corruption, and community in the heart of Africa.
LONG SYNOPSIS [CONTAINS SPOILERS!]
A series of misfortunes lead a West African village to accuse a young girl, Asabi (OPHELIA DZIDZORNU), of being a witch.
Their Pastor (FRED AMUGI) insists that the only hope of salvation lies in her exorcism and death. His compelling rhetoric
and ability to incite fear into the people turn Asabi’s mother (AMA K ABEBRESE) and threatens to tear their fragile world
apart.
Disillusioned reporter, Godwin (ORIS ERHUERO), arrives in the village to cover a local festival, but soon finds himself
swept up in the witch hunt. With the help of a young school teacher (JOSEPH OTSIMAN), Godwin attempts to save Asabi’s
life, bravely speaking out and fighting back against the false prophets (JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS). Finding quickly that they are
no match for the sway that the Pastor and his prophet hold over the village, they become desperate.
In a final attempt to break Asabi free and escape with her, Godwin confronts the Pastor. Godwin is murdered in cold blood,
but not before he can secretly record incriminating evidence of the Pastor’s corruption to his tape recorder. John Moses
soon discovers Godwin’s lifeless body and the tape recorder.
Interrupting Asabi’s execution, John Moses presents the tape recording to the crowd. In a final showdown, he successfully
turns everyone against the Pastor, who eventually relinquishes control over the villages, freeing Asabi.
Based on true events, THE CURSED ONES is a story of morality, corruption, and community in the heart of Africa.
⤚ SYNOPSES ⤙
BACKGROUNDThe film poignantly addresses the ongoing problem of child witch accusations widespread throughout Africa and the
world. Young children are accused of being witches and wizards, possessed by the devil, and responsible for whatever
otherwise inexplicable ailment has befallen the family or wider community. They are tortured, abandoned, and even
brutally murdered. To make things worse, self-proclaimed exorcists will charge unseemly amounts to heal a child,
extorting families with the threat of publicly denouncing their children as the spawn of Satan.
PRODUCTION NOTESNicholas K. Lory came across the subject during his Anthropology studies at Oxford and approached Nana and Maximilian
about a narrative film on the subject. Production began a year later in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Cast and crew came
from around the globe, with many coming from Ghana itself. Through close collaboration with the local people, both
infront of and behind the camera, the backdrop of the film came alive and took on an authenticity that would otherwise
have been unachievable. Post-production took place in London, with music being composed and recorded in New York.
⤚ PRODUCTION NOTES ⤙
FILM FESTIVALS BFI Film Africa London
Atlanta Film Festival
AFI New African Film Festival
Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival
New York African Film Festival
Emden International Film Festival
Helsinki African Film Festival
Munich African Film Festival
Rapidlion Johannesburg Film Festival
Kerala International Film Festival
Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival
Toronto Black Film Festival
AWARDS 3 African Movie Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design
4 Golden Movie Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Directior
2 UK Screen Nation awards: Best UK/African Film, Best UK/African Actor
Jury Award at the Helsinki African Film Festival
2016 Award of Excellence at the Canada International Film Festival
NANA OBIRI YEBOAHDIRECTOR
Nana was born in Accra, Ghana and moved to London at
the age of 18. His interest in directing started early; initially
as a theatre director, moving on to short films and finally,
at the age of 35, directing his first feature film.
Nana’s primary aim as a filmmaker is to present West-
African stories with the quality and authenticity that he
insists is so often lacking in representations of Africa made
by African and non-Africans alike.
Nana has a degree in digital filmmaking from the SAE
Institute London. He is based in London and is currently
developing a feature-length screenplay about African
immigrants to London.
⤚ KEY CREW ⤙
NICHOLAS K. LORYPRODUCER / DoP
Nicholas holds a BA in Philosophy and Psychology, and an
MSc in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford.
Since his first short film in 2008, Nicholas has been the
producer and DOP on a variety of fashion films; over a dozen
short films; and 3 feature length films. His credits include
DROWNED OUT (2012), LETHE (2014), and DARKNET DELIVERY (2014, SXSW).
In 2009 he co-founded Zissou Pictures Ltd., a film
production company based in London, but now operating
in a number of countries worldwide.
THE CURSED ONES is Nicholas’ third feature film as a
producer and DoP and his first film shot in Africa. He is
currently working on projects in the UK and Africa, including
an animated feature film and a live-action feature film set
in London.
MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSENWRITER / CO-DIRECTOR
THE CURSED ONES is Maximilian’s second feature film, and
his second collaboration with Nicholas K. Lory and Zissou
Pictures. He was brought onto the project at an early stage
in development, working with Nana Obiri Yeboah and first
hand sources in Africa to produce a vivid, authentic script.
Maximilian grew up in Hamburg, Germany and has a BA
in Anthropology and Philosophy. He is currently based in
New York where he works as a screenwriter and is currently
developing a feature script for Zissou Pictures.
DAVIDE DE STEFANOPRODUCTION DESIGNER
Davide, based in Rome, has worked as a production and
conceptual designer for over twenty years.
His credits feature a wide variety of television programmes
and feature films from around the world, including EMPIRE
(2005), THE NATIVITY STORY (2006), GHOST SON (2007),
TUTTA LA VITA DAVANTI (2008), and VOICE FROM THE STONE (2016).
BENJAMIN WRIGHTMUSIC COMPOSER
Based in New York, this is Benjamin’s second collaboration
with Zissou Pictures after working on the soundtrack for
their short film, LETHE (2014).
His credits include composing and performing the original
music for Louis C.K.’s EMMY award-winning television
programme, LOUIE (2010 - 2016). Benjamin has recently
completed work on a fifth season for the programme.
The soundtrack is being distributed in the US and will be
available for purchase in March 2016.
JOSH LEVINSKYEDITOR
Based in London, Josh has over a decade of experience in editing. His credits include a variety of documentaries,
short films, and feature films. Some examples of his work are documentary, LONG DISTANCE (2006), short films,
KID (2009) and LOVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2010), and feature film, LUCKY (2011).
Nigerian born, spending the majority of his life in LA and London, Oris originally
rose to fame in his leading role on TV progamme, THE ADVENTURES OF SINBAD
(1998). He starred alongside Idris Elba in Raoul Peck’s critically acclaimed HBO
film, SOMETIMES IN APRIL (2005); alongside Genevieve Nnaji’s in ROAD TO YESTERDAY (2015); and recently, REDCON 1, by Chee Keong Cheung. He won
Best African Actor at the UK Screen Nation Awards in 2016.
ORIS ERHUEROAS GODWIN ESEUDU
Ghanaian superstar, Ama K, is well known for her leading role in the recent
Idris Elba film, BEAST OF NO NATION (2015), TIES THAT BIND (2011), and her
performance in SINKING SANDS (2009), for which she won Best Female Lead at the Africa Movie Academy Awards that year.
AMA K ABEBRESEAS CHINUE
⤚ CAST ⤙
Haitian actor known for his role in the US television programme, HEROES
(2006-2015), the Bruce Willis film, TEARS OF THE SUN (2003), the Ghanaian
film, SINKING SANDS (2011), and the Steven Spielberg TV programme, EXTANT
(2014), and the David O. Russel film, JOY (2015).
JIMMY JEAN LOUISAS PALADIN
A staple in West African cinema, Fred has graced the screen in these parts
countless times over the last decades. In recent years Fred has also starred
more frequently in international productions such as THE DESTINY OF LESSER ANIMALS (2011) and, most recently, BEASTS OF NO NATION (2015).
FRED AMUGIAS PASTOR UCHEBO
One of the powerhouses of Ghanaian cinema, David has starred in numerous
African productions, including the widely successful film TIES THAT BIND
(2011). David is also a familiar face in foreign productions, appearing in BEASTS OF NO NATION (2015) and THE DEAD (2010).
DAVID DONTOHAS THE BARTENDER
Celebrating her 15th birthday during the production of THE CURSED ONES,
Ophelia is the youngest cast member. She shines in the film, taking on the role
of the accused girl, Asabi, with grace and determination. With a background in
theatre and modelling, this marks Ophelia’s cinematic debut.
OPHELIA DZIDZORNU
AS ASABI
CONTACT
Nicholas K. Lory
Zissou Pictures Ltd. • 152 City Road • EC1V 2NX • London • UK
+44 (0) 7984023163
NICK@Z ISSOUP I C TURES.COM
END CREDITS
It remains unknown exactly how many children are accused of witchcraft each year. The majority of these abuses are not investigated or even
reported.
UNICEF and international NGOs believe the number to be in the hundreds of thousands.
Of those, thousands are exiled, tortured and even killed.
DIRECTED BY
NANA OBIRI YEBOAH
WRITTEN BY
MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
NICHOLAS K. LORY
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
DAVIDE DE STEFANO
EDITED BY
JOSH LEVINSKY
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
BENJAMIN WRIGHT
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
CARLOS CLAUSSEN PETER JOHN LORY
RICCARDO BRUNI GIANCARLO BRUNI
LEONARD CLAUSSEN BRITTA VON BERNSTORFF
NICHOLAS K. LORY MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
ORIS ERHUERO JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS
PRODUCED BY
NICHOLAS K. LORY
A
Zissou PicturesFILM
THE CURSED ONES
CAST
( IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
PASTOR JOHN MOSES JOSEPH OTSIMAN
GODWIN EZEUDU ORIS ERHUERO
AYOMIDE KWAKU BOATENG ANKOMAH
HUNTERS LEONARD KWAKU LUMORAGBEKO MORTTYBENJAMIN KWADEYDUGBARTEY TAWIAHKWASI OKLUIDRISU FUSEINIAMARTEY LORKOPHILIP AMOAHASEIDU ISSACIBRAHIM FUSEINI
ASABI OPHELIA KLENAM DZIDZORNU
CHINUE AMA K ABEBRESE
ISAIAH DANIEL GODKNOWS
LOBOTOMIZED GIRL HAYAT AKUAMOAH
PASTOR UCHEBO FRED AMUGI
IGE KHADIJA ABUBAKARI
YEJIDE'S SON EVANS OFOSU
YEJIDE'S DAUGHTER STELLA AGYEI
BULLIES DELPHINE OWUSU PRATJOSEPH DUGBARTEY
CHOIR MISTRESS AKORFA EDJEANI ASIEDU
ISOKE COMFORT ARTHUR
BARTENDER DAVID DONTOH
THE PALADIN JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS
YEJIDE ZARA-SHOLA ODENIYI
HUNTER 3 WIFE RACHEAL ANIM
HUNTER 4 WIFE NORBILE NABOR
VILLAGE ELDER RAMA BREW
DELIVERANCE BOY EUGENE GYAMFI
DELIVERANCE BOY'S MOTHER JULIANA BOATENG
AJ (VOICE) FERGUSON JACK
DRUNK HUNTER (VOICE) IKENNA OBI
MAIL CLERK ISAAC APPIAH-MANU
FESTIVAL MUSIC TROUPE
AGBE MUSIC
LED BY KODZO KUWORNU WITH
ANTHONY DZOKOTO KOKU AGBEYA PAPE ASAGBA GODSGIFT ADZOKWASHIE DZOKOTO KOFI KUWORNU MENSAH AGBEYA KWAME SOSUGAH
CEPHAS AYITEY KORSHIE DEVI FRANCIS KODJO DOUGLAS AMUZUISHMAEL NII LARTEY ISAAC AKAKPO FRANCIS KOUDJONOU ERIC NTIAMOAH
LYDIA YARO EDOE KOKU JOYCE MAKYERE JANET ISAACMABEL DOGBE SELASI KPOGLI GIFTY ZOH JANET GADZO
ENYONAM AZUREY JUDE SETORDZIE JOSEPH SETORDZIE
CREW
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
MAFALDA MILLIES
LINE PRODUCER
NATALIE STANGE
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
SIYA SITANGA
ART DIRECTOR
GEORGINA CARSON
CO-DIRECTOR
MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TOM BENNETT
THIRD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANITA OWUSU
CASTING DIRECTOR EMMA ALEVI
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR RITA MUSSEY
ASSISTANT TO MR. ERHUERO SAMUEL APPIAH GYAN
ASSISTANT TO MR. LORY & MR. YEBOAH EMMANUEL APPIAH GYAN
LOCATION MANAGER LESLIE AMPONSAH
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER ANDY OSEI
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER WANG YU
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR ERASMUS CODJOE
ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR EDMUND JOHNSON
ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT MICHAEL APPIAH
PROPERTY MASTER KOBE DEBRAH
B CAMERA OPERATOR JUSTIN HUNTING
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA SAMUEL ANAKWA
SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA JASON OPPONG PEPRAH
DATA WRANGLER COMFORT ARTHUR
SOUND RECORDIST BRUCE WUILLOUD
BOOM OPERATOR JAMES ADOFO
BOOM OPERATOR ENOCH OWUSU
KEY GRIP FRANCIS KWAPONG
GRIPS LAWRENCE AGYEIJONAS OSEIJOSIAH “SPANNER” COFIE
GAFFER FRISKY WRALLY T.
ELECTRICIANS KOFI ODUROEBENEZER TABRISTEVEN AGYIRI
GENERATOR OPERATORS SADAT ALHASSANEVANS KUMI
HEAD OF WARDROBE AFRIYE FRIMPONG
FIRST WARDROBE ASSISTANT GIFTY NORBET
SECOND WARDROBE ASSISTANT GEORGINA ADDOTEI
KEY HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST ARABA ANSAH
HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST ANNETTE ADULLAY
SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP ANTHONY JEFFERSON HANSON
STUNT COORDINATOR STONE MASON
PAINT SUPERVISOR KWESI OKYERE
CARPENTRY SUPERVISOR SHARPMAN AKORLI
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER WISDOM
BEHIND THE SCENES FILM MAKERS SEBASTIAN LORYJUMIC EMMA ANDERSON
SECURITY SERVICES SWAT SUPPORT SERVICES GHANA
SECURITY GUARDS EKO LOKKA HALMNII AMARTEY
MINIBUS DRIVERS KINGSLEY AWUDZIERIC AWAGBAVINCENT ALORWORDORAMOS YEBOA TAKYI
CAR DRIVER KWAME ERIC PRAH
ACCRA CAR DRIVER ISAAC APPIAH-MANU
WARDROBE TRUCK DRIVER ERIC OFOSU
CATERING HAVILAH
CATERING MANAGER SHARON GHANSAH AGYEKUM
CATERING ASSISTANT RICHARD BEDIAKO
ADDITIONAL EDITING JONAH GREENSTEIN
ADDITIONAL EDITING DANIEL DAVIES
VISUAL EFFECTS AND DI BY
THE MILL
VISUAL EFFECTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JUSTIN STIEBEL
COLORIST OISIN O’DRISCOLL
COMPOSITOR AHMED EL-AZMA
POST-PRODUCTION SOUND BY
AUDIO TACTICS
SOUND EDITOR
GERNOT FUHRMANN
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING BY BIG BLUE NORTH RECORDING
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING TECHNICIAN JEFF ADERMAN
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING MUSICIANS CHRISTIAN ARTHURCOREY COLMEYMIKE HERMANSWARD WILLIAMS
WITH ADDITIONAL MUSIC PERFORMANCES BY
AGBE MUSIC
AND
THE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR
“AGNUS DEI MASS FOR FIVE VOICES” WRITTEN BY WILLIAM BYRD
PERFORMED BY THE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR ARRANGED BY BENJAMIN WRIGHT
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It remains unknown exactly how many children are accused of witchcraft each year. The majority of these abuses are not investigated or even
reported.
UNICEF and international NGOs believe the number to be in the hundreds of thousands.
Of those, thousands are exiled, tortured and even killed.
DIRECTED BY
NANA OBIRI YEBOAH
WRITTEN BY
MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
NICHOLAS K. LORY
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
DAVIDE DE STEFANO
EDITED BY
JOSH LEVINSKY
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
BENJAMIN WRIGHT
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
CARLOS CLAUSSEN PETER JOHN LORY
RICCARDO BRUNI GIANCARLO BRUNI
LEONARD CLAUSSEN BRITTA VON BERNSTORFF
NICHOLAS K. LORY MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
ORIS ERHUERO JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS
PRODUCED BY
NICHOLAS K. LORY
A
Zissou PicturesFILM
THE CURSED ONES
CAST
( IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
PASTOR JOHN MOSES JOSEPH OTSIMAN
GODWIN EZEUDU ORIS ERHUERO
AYOMIDE KWAKU BOATENG ANKOMAH
HUNTERS LEONARD KWAKU LUMORAGBEKO MORTTYBENJAMIN KWADEYDUGBARTEY TAWIAHKWASI OKLUIDRISU FUSEINIAMARTEY LORKOPHILIP AMOAHASEIDU ISSACIBRAHIM FUSEINI
ASABI OPHELIA KLENAM DZIDZORNU
CHINUE AMA K ABEBRESE
ISAIAH DANIEL GODKNOWS
LOBOTOMIZED GIRL HAYAT AKUAMOAH
PASTOR UCHEBO FRED AMUGI
IGE KHADIJA ABUBAKARI
YEJIDE'S SON EVANS OFOSU
YEJIDE'S DAUGHTER STELLA AGYEI
BULLIES DELPHINE OWUSU PRATJOSEPH DUGBARTEY
CHOIR MISTRESS AKORFA EDJEANI ASIEDU
ISOKE COMFORT ARTHUR
BARTENDER DAVID DONTOH
THE PALADIN JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS
YEJIDE ZARA-SHOLA ODENIYI
HUNTER 3 WIFE RACHEAL ANIM
HUNTER 4 WIFE NORBILE NABOR
VILLAGE ELDER RAMA BREW
DELIVERANCE BOY EUGENE GYAMFI
DELIVERANCE BOY'S MOTHER JULIANA BOATENG
AJ (VOICE) FERGUSON JACK
DRUNK HUNTER (VOICE) IKENNA OBI
MAIL CLERK ISAAC APPIAH-MANU
FESTIVAL MUSIC TROUPE
AGBE MUSIC
LED BY KODZO KUWORNU WITH
ANTHONY DZOKOTO KOKU AGBEYA PAPE ASAGBA GODSGIFT ADZOKWASHIE DZOKOTO KOFI KUWORNU MENSAH AGBEYA KWAME SOSUGAH
CEPHAS AYITEY KORSHIE DEVI FRANCIS KODJO DOUGLAS AMUZUISHMAEL NII LARTEY ISAAC AKAKPO FRANCIS KOUDJONOU ERIC NTIAMOAH
LYDIA YARO EDOE KOKU JOYCE MAKYERE JANET ISAACMABEL DOGBE SELASI KPOGLI GIFTY ZOH JANET GADZO
ENYONAM AZUREY JUDE SETORDZIE JOSEPH SETORDZIE
CREW
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
MAFALDA MILLIES
LINE PRODUCER
NATALIE STANGE
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
SIYA SITANGA
ART DIRECTOR
GEORGINA CARSON
CO-DIRECTOR
MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TOM BENNETT
THIRD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANITA OWUSU
CASTING DIRECTOR EMMA ALEVI
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR RITA MUSSEY
ASSISTANT TO MR. ERHUERO SAMUEL APPIAH GYAN
ASSISTANT TO MR. LORY & MR. YEBOAH EMMANUEL APPIAH GYAN
LOCATION MANAGER LESLIE AMPONSAH
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER ANDY OSEI
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER WANG YU
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR ERASMUS CODJOE
ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR EDMUND JOHNSON
ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT MICHAEL APPIAH
PROPERTY MASTER KOBE DEBRAH
B CAMERA OPERATOR JUSTIN HUNTING
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA SAMUEL ANAKWA
SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA JASON OPPONG PEPRAH
DATA WRANGLER COMFORT ARTHUR
SOUND RECORDIST BRUCE WUILLOUD
BOOM OPERATOR JAMES ADOFO
BOOM OPERATOR ENOCH OWUSU
KEY GRIP FRANCIS KWAPONG
GRIPS LAWRENCE AGYEIJONAS OSEIJOSIAH “SPANNER” COFIE
GAFFER FRISKY WRALLY T.
ELECTRICIANS KOFI ODUROEBENEZER TABRISTEVEN AGYIRI
GENERATOR OPERATORS SADAT ALHASSANEVANS KUMI
HEAD OF WARDROBE AFRIYE FRIMPONG
FIRST WARDROBE ASSISTANT GIFTY NORBET
SECOND WARDROBE ASSISTANT GEORGINA ADDOTEI
KEY HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST ARABA ANSAH
HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST ANNETTE ADULLAY
SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP ANTHONY JEFFERSON HANSON
STUNT COORDINATOR STONE MASON
PAINT SUPERVISOR KWESI OKYERE
CARPENTRY SUPERVISOR SHARPMAN AKORLI
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER WISDOM
BEHIND THE SCENES FILM MAKERS SEBASTIAN LORYJUMIC EMMA ANDERSON
SECURITY SERVICES SWAT SUPPORT SERVICES GHANA
SECURITY GUARDS EKO LOKKA HALMNII AMARTEY
MINIBUS DRIVERS KINGSLEY AWUDZIERIC AWAGBAVINCENT ALORWORDORAMOS YEBOA TAKYI
CAR DRIVER KWAME ERIC PRAH
ACCRA CAR DRIVER ISAAC APPIAH-MANU
WARDROBE TRUCK DRIVER ERIC OFOSU
CATERING HAVILAH
CATERING MANAGER SHARON GHANSAH AGYEKUM
CATERING ASSISTANT RICHARD BEDIAKO
ADDITIONAL EDITING JONAH GREENSTEIN
ADDITIONAL EDITING DANIEL DAVIES
VISUAL EFFECTS AND DI BY
THE MILL
VISUAL EFFECTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JUSTIN STIEBEL
COLORIST OISIN O’DRISCOLL
COMPOSITOR AHMED EL-AZMA
POST-PRODUCTION SOUND BY
AUDIO TACTICS
SOUND EDITOR
GERNOT FUHRMANN
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING BY BIG BLUE NORTH RECORDING
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING TECHNICIAN JEFF ADERMAN
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING MUSICIANS CHRISTIAN ARTHURCOREY COLMEYMIKE HERMANSWARD WILLIAMS
WITH ADDITIONAL MUSIC PERFORMANCES BY
AGBE MUSIC
AND
THE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR
“AGNUS DEI MASS FOR FIVE VOICES” WRITTEN BY WILLIAM BYRD
PERFORMED BY THE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR ARRANGED BY BENJAMIN WRIGHT
THANKS TO
THE CHILDREN OF MANGOASE
FRANCIS ANIM BENJAMIN AKAKPO EVANS OFOSU CHARLOTTE AWUKUBEA KOFI OPPONG OBENEWA AFUARICHARD TETTEH GRACE KAISE HENRY AGBLETA EMMANUEL DUMENYO TETTEH EBENEZER BONSU EMMANUEL
THEOPHILUS DZAGBA BENJAMIN AMOO JOSEPH DUGBARTEY PAMELA AFUMWA KOFI KWAPONG CHRISTIAN ASAREABDUL RAZAK SAMSON SEGLAH EVANS OSEI AGNES DEDE BENJAMIN SARFO EMELIA AGYEIJOHN ACKON WISDOM AKOTO SARAH KORSHIE MARY ASIEDU ADUBEA GLORIA AFUA BETTEWAH
GRACE ABOAGYEWAA OBUOBI JOSEPH RICHMOND SARPONG EMMANUEL FOLIE JACKLINE OPOKUWAA OJAM CHRISTIANANGELA ODAME RACHEAL AMENUWA WENDY OHENELOAA JERRY JOHN AUGUST DUMENYO ISAAC DUGBARTEY
KELVIN NANA APPIAH RICHARD BEKOE RASHIDA AWAABOA NELSON KORANTENG SAMUEL ASUMA MERCY ASAMOAHDESMOND GYEDU GONTO ISAAC COMFORT AKUMBIA BENJAMIN ANSAH IDRISU ALI SANDRA AMPOMIAH
EMMANUEL ANTWI NANCY ASIEDUA FLORENCE BRUWA REGINA BONNEY RICHARD FURI DERRICK BAAHBETH KPO FAUSIA ALI ERNESTINA MENSAH WISDOM AKLIGO FRANCISCA AKAKPO ELIZABETH ADOBEA
SAMUEL AKAKPO EUGENE GYAMFI CHARLOTTE AGLA MICAHEL KWAMINA DAVID FOIL MARY BADU
AND
THE ADULTS OF MANGOASE
MARY YEBOAH HARRIET NYARKO ABRAHAM ANYIDOHO EMMA FOLIE ALIMATU ALI ISAAC ABOAGYEFREDA MUABAH GEORGINA SIREBOUR EVELYN AKORLEY AMEDU HAWA OYE MERCY LYDIA AGYAPONG
EVELYN AKORLIE LYDIA M. DJANIE YAA FAUSTY KOJO GBEVE KOFI NII EMMANUEL APPAUNYAMPOM JONAS DANIEL NARTEY KWAME OFORI HAWA GARIBA CYNTHIA AYESU MARCY OYE
SETH ABOAGYE AYISI FRIMPONG CHRISTIANA TORSU KWARTENG JOSEPH SAMPSON NARTEY STELLA ANAKWAJOSEPH ANIADJEI COMFORT LATEBEA MOSES ODOI ANSAH ANSAH MARY ADJETEY JOANA BRIGHT BAAH
OBUOBI EBENEZER ADLINE BOATENG COMFORT DOKU ESTHER OPOKU AYETEY ROSINA NTIAMOAH IDRISU RAMANUKOFI PANIT KWEKU JACOB SAMUEL ONOMAH TAWIAH DUGBARTEY CHRISTIANA AFUMOA JOSEPH K. ABOAGYE
ADJARTEY GODWIN NAOMI OFOSUA RAKIA ALI MICHAEL KOFI GEORGINA YIRENKYIWAA ANNOR EVANSPAUL ANKOMAH ESTHER OPOKU OISOWSI PATRICK LEONARD DZIWORNU DIANA TETTEH ERIC AYEHRACHEL ASIEDU FAUSTINA AMPOSAH CHRISTIANA ATIEMBO EMANUEL WAYO LYDIA ACQUA KWADZO ABRAHAMHAFSETU AZIZZ ELIZABETH BRUWA MARY ISHA FRANCIS KWESI AWUKU COMFORT ASAMOAH CYNTHIA AMOO
SYLVESTER FOLIE JOYCE AMINI AMUZU ELORM LINDA ASIEDU GRACE BRAHENI MARY OPOKUWAPRISCILLA ACQUAH COMFORT ADAMS ANSAH PRINCE JUSTICE AKAKPO JANET AFIA KWATIA MICHAEL
GIFTY OPOKUA ADWOA AGBEOA SOLOMON AKOTO AUGUSTINA SARKOBEA COMFORT ADUBAH MARY AGYEBEAEMMANUEL OKRAKU ADU ENOCH FRANCIS TENGEY CHRISTIANA AFORIBEA PATRICK OBUOBI PAUL DEBIETEY
VERA AMPONSAH PAUL WABI ESTHER ODOME REBECCA KESEWAH VIVIAN ALOFETE AMOAH ASIEDU EUGENEELIZABETH AGBOZO BENITA ABLAKWA ALICE SAKYIYAH PETER ATIEMBO ROSE ADIBEA EBENEZER FIANKO
FELICIA SARPONG FELIX AFARI NTOW GUSTA ADOLEY MARY OFORI COMFORT AKOSUA ABASE OWUSUA NTIAMOAHVIDA AJATEY ATTAH KOFI EVELYN MANNA RITA DUGBA ROSEMOND ASANTEWAA SALOMEY TETTEH
BARBARA TETTEH OBIRI ADADE KATE ASARE ISAAC DJAGBLUY EMMA PEPPER MICHAEL AGYEIDORIS AMOAKO SAMPSON KWESI NARTEY VIDA TAKYIWAH NTIAMO EBENEZER WILLIAM AFO FRED AMPOSAH
DANIEL NARH ERNEST OBIN RAKIA MUMUNI ALIMA ALIU BRIGHT ATTE FERDINAND BOSSOABIGAIL DOKU COMFORT ASABEA GLADYS OWUSU FELICIA NTIAMOAH ABIBA MUMUNI AUGUSTINA ASIBEA
KWADZO MENSAH ASIEDU ENOCK DANIEL ASHONG DEBORAH NAKO AGNES MANKOSA ALHASSAN SADIQISAAC AVORGAH ABOAGYE VALLICE HELLEN AFARIBEA AGNES SARPONG JOYCE AGYEIWAA ASARE DAVID
DORIS AGYEKUMBOA ODAME ISAAD MARY ASABEA ANTWIWA GODSLOVE DANIEL ADJEI TETTEH SAMUEL BOAHINERNEST OTOO SAMUEL BREMA DORIS OFEIBEA AMEDU HAWA JOSEPHINE PANTIWA GEORGINA GYAMPOH
KWESI KINTOZO ALI HAMIDU EDWARD OWUSU MAVIS MASABEAH AGBEVE KWAME BERTHA OPAREBEAACQUAH PRINCE FRANCIS ACQUAH MARY KONYOH YAKUBU AMOAH PATRICK PENTI MATILDA SIWABEA
SHADRACK ALHASSAN SUZZY OBENEWAA HANNAH AFUA PAULINA APPIAH OWUSU MECKAL EMMA FOLIECLEMENT AGOH CYNTHIA NARTEY MARGARET OWUSU ASIEDU ABOAGYE EVELYN DONKOR EMMANUEL ODAME
JOYCE OPAREBEA MABEL SARFOA GIFTY OWUSUAH DANIEL NARH LINDA OBUOBEA ADJEI BIDDANRACHEL EFFAH VIVIAN TETTEH
SPECIAL THANKS
EDWARD ADDO THE COLEBROOKE BOYSEMILY PRECIOUS ANTHONY STÖLTING
ALEXANDER DARBY ERIC YANKAHPLUTO & PLATO BENJAMIN AGYEMANTAYLOR NAGEL JAMES MENSAH
IN MEMORY OF CLARA DAPAAH
Zissou Pictures
COPYRIGHT © 2015 ZISSOU PICTURES LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
THE PERSONS AND EVENTS IN THIS MOTION PICTURE ARE FICTITIOUS. ANY SIMILARITY TO ACTUAL PERSONS OR EVENTS IS UNINTENTIONAL.
It remains unknown exactly how many children are accused of witchcraft each year. The majority of these abuses are not investigated or even
reported.
UNICEF and international NGOs believe the number to be in the hundreds of thousands.
Of those, thousands are exiled, tortured and even killed.
DIRECTED BY
NANA OBIRI YEBOAH
WRITTEN BY
MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
NICHOLAS K. LORY
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
DAVIDE DE STEFANO
EDITED BY
JOSH LEVINSKY
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
BENJAMIN WRIGHT
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
CARLOS CLAUSSEN PETER JOHN LORY
RICCARDO BRUNI GIANCARLO BRUNI
LEONARD CLAUSSEN BRITTA VON BERNSTORFF
NICHOLAS K. LORY MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
ORIS ERHUERO JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS
PRODUCED BY
NICHOLAS K. LORY
A
Zissou PicturesFILM
THE CURSED ONES
CAST
( IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
PASTOR JOHN MOSES JOSEPH OTSIMAN
GODWIN EZEUDU ORIS ERHUERO
AYOMIDE KWAKU BOATENG ANKOMAH
HUNTERS LEONARD KWAKU LUMORAGBEKO MORTTYBENJAMIN KWADEYDUGBARTEY TAWIAHKWASI OKLUIDRISU FUSEINIAMARTEY LORKOPHILIP AMOAHASEIDU ISSACIBRAHIM FUSEINI
ASABI OPHELIA KLENAM DZIDZORNU
CHINUE AMA K ABEBRESE
ISAIAH DANIEL GODKNOWS
LOBOTOMIZED GIRL HAYAT AKUAMOAH
PASTOR UCHEBO FRED AMUGI
IGE KHADIJA ABUBAKARI
YEJIDE'S SON EVANS OFOSU
YEJIDE'S DAUGHTER STELLA AGYEI
BULLIES DELPHINE OWUSU PRATJOSEPH DUGBARTEY
CHOIR MISTRESS AKORFA EDJEANI ASIEDU
ISOKE COMFORT ARTHUR
BARTENDER DAVID DONTOH
THE PALADIN JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS
YEJIDE ZARA-SHOLA ODENIYI
HUNTER 3 WIFE RACHEAL ANIM
HUNTER 4 WIFE NORBILE NABOR
VILLAGE ELDER RAMA BREW
DELIVERANCE BOY EUGENE GYAMFI
DELIVERANCE BOY'S MOTHER JULIANA BOATENG
AJ (VOICE) FERGUSON JACK
DRUNK HUNTER (VOICE) IKENNA OBI
MAIL CLERK ISAAC APPIAH-MANU
FESTIVAL MUSIC TROUPE
AGBE MUSIC
LED BY KODZO KUWORNU WITH
ANTHONY DZOKOTO KOKU AGBEYA PAPE ASAGBA GODSGIFT ADZOKWASHIE DZOKOTO KOFI KUWORNU MENSAH AGBEYA KWAME SOSUGAH
CEPHAS AYITEY KORSHIE DEVI FRANCIS KODJO DOUGLAS AMUZUISHMAEL NII LARTEY ISAAC AKAKPO FRANCIS KOUDJONOU ERIC NTIAMOAH
LYDIA YARO EDOE KOKU JOYCE MAKYERE JANET ISAACMABEL DOGBE SELASI KPOGLI GIFTY ZOH JANET GADZO
ENYONAM AZUREY JUDE SETORDZIE JOSEPH SETORDZIE
CREW
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
MAFALDA MILLIES
LINE PRODUCER
NATALIE STANGE
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
SIYA SITANGA
ART DIRECTOR
GEORGINA CARSON
CO-DIRECTOR
MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TOM BENNETT
THIRD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANITA OWUSU
CASTING DIRECTOR EMMA ALEVI
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR RITA MUSSEY
ASSISTANT TO MR. ERHUERO SAMUEL APPIAH GYAN
ASSISTANT TO MR. LORY & MR. YEBOAH EMMANUEL APPIAH GYAN
LOCATION MANAGER LESLIE AMPONSAH
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER ANDY OSEI
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER WANG YU
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR ERASMUS CODJOE
ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR EDMUND JOHNSON
ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT MICHAEL APPIAH
PROPERTY MASTER KOBE DEBRAH
B CAMERA OPERATOR JUSTIN HUNTING
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA SAMUEL ANAKWA
SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA JASON OPPONG PEPRAH
DATA WRANGLER COMFORT ARTHUR
SOUND RECORDIST BRUCE WUILLOUD
BOOM OPERATOR JAMES ADOFO
BOOM OPERATOR ENOCH OWUSU
KEY GRIP FRANCIS KWAPONG
GRIPS LAWRENCE AGYEIJONAS OSEIJOSIAH “SPANNER” COFIE
GAFFER FRISKY WRALLY T.
ELECTRICIANS KOFI ODUROEBENEZER TABRISTEVEN AGYIRI
GENERATOR OPERATORS SADAT ALHASSANEVANS KUMI
HEAD OF WARDROBE AFRIYE FRIMPONG
FIRST WARDROBE ASSISTANT GIFTY NORBET
SECOND WARDROBE ASSISTANT GEORGINA ADDOTEI
KEY HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST ARABA ANSAH
HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST ANNETTE ADULLAY
SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP ANTHONY JEFFERSON HANSON
STUNT COORDINATOR STONE MASON
PAINT SUPERVISOR KWESI OKYERE
CARPENTRY SUPERVISOR SHARPMAN AKORLI
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER WISDOM
BEHIND THE SCENES FILM MAKERS SEBASTIAN LORYJUMIC EMMA ANDERSON
SECURITY SERVICES SWAT SUPPORT SERVICES GHANA
SECURITY GUARDS EKO LOKKA HALMNII AMARTEY
MINIBUS DRIVERS KINGSLEY AWUDZIERIC AWAGBAVINCENT ALORWORDORAMOS YEBOA TAKYI
CAR DRIVER KWAME ERIC PRAH
ACCRA CAR DRIVER ISAAC APPIAH-MANU
WARDROBE TRUCK DRIVER ERIC OFOSU
CATERING HAVILAH
CATERING MANAGER SHARON GHANSAH AGYEKUM
CATERING ASSISTANT RICHARD BEDIAKO
ADDITIONAL EDITING JONAH GREENSTEIN
ADDITIONAL EDITING DANIEL DAVIES
VISUAL EFFECTS AND DI BY
THE MILL
VISUAL EFFECTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JUSTIN STIEBEL
COLORIST OISIN O’DRISCOLL
COMPOSITOR AHMED EL-AZMA
POST-PRODUCTION SOUND BY
AUDIO TACTICS
SOUND EDITOR
GERNOT FUHRMANN
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING BY BIG BLUE NORTH RECORDING
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING TECHNICIAN JEFF ADERMAN
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING MUSICIANS CHRISTIAN ARTHURCOREY COLMEYMIKE HERMANSWARD WILLIAMS
WITH ADDITIONAL MUSIC PERFORMANCES BY
AGBE MUSIC
AND
THE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR
“AGNUS DEI MASS FOR FIVE VOICES” WRITTEN BY WILLIAM BYRD
PERFORMED BY THE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR ARRANGED BY BENJAMIN WRIGHT
THANKS TO
THE CHILDREN OF MANGOASE
FRANCIS ANIM BENJAMIN AKAKPO EVANS OFOSU CHARLOTTE AWUKUBEA KOFI OPPONG OBENEWA AFUARICHARD TETTEH GRACE KAISE HENRY AGBLETA EMMANUEL DUMENYO TETTEH EBENEZER BONSU EMMANUEL
THEOPHILUS DZAGBA BENJAMIN AMOO JOSEPH DUGBARTEY PAMELA AFUMWA KOFI KWAPONG CHRISTIAN ASAREABDUL RAZAK SAMSON SEGLAH EVANS OSEI AGNES DEDE BENJAMIN SARFO EMELIA AGYEIJOHN ACKON WISDOM AKOTO SARAH KORSHIE MARY ASIEDU ADUBEA GLORIA AFUA BETTEWAH
GRACE ABOAGYEWAA OBUOBI JOSEPH RICHMOND SARPONG EMMANUEL FOLIE JACKLINE OPOKUWAA OJAM CHRISTIANANGELA ODAME RACHEAL AMENUWA WENDY OHENELOAA JERRY JOHN AUGUST DUMENYO ISAAC DUGBARTEY
KELVIN NANA APPIAH RICHARD BEKOE RASHIDA AWAABOA NELSON KORANTENG SAMUEL ASUMA MERCY ASAMOAHDESMOND GYEDU GONTO ISAAC COMFORT AKUMBIA BENJAMIN ANSAH IDRISU ALI SANDRA AMPOMIAH
EMMANUEL ANTWI NANCY ASIEDUA FLORENCE BRUWA REGINA BONNEY RICHARD FURI DERRICK BAAHBETH KPO FAUSIA ALI ERNESTINA MENSAH WISDOM AKLIGO FRANCISCA AKAKPO ELIZABETH ADOBEA
SAMUEL AKAKPO EUGENE GYAMFI CHARLOTTE AGLA MICAHEL KWAMINA DAVID FOIL MARY BADU
AND
THE ADULTS OF MANGOASE
MARY YEBOAH HARRIET NYARKO ABRAHAM ANYIDOHO EMMA FOLIE ALIMATU ALI ISAAC ABOAGYEFREDA MUABAH GEORGINA SIREBOUR EVELYN AKORLEY AMEDU HAWA OYE MERCY LYDIA AGYAPONG
EVELYN AKORLIE LYDIA M. DJANIE YAA FAUSTY KOJO GBEVE KOFI NII EMMANUEL APPAUNYAMPOM JONAS DANIEL NARTEY KWAME OFORI HAWA GARIBA CYNTHIA AYESU MARCY OYE
SETH ABOAGYE AYISI FRIMPONG CHRISTIANA TORSU KWARTENG JOSEPH SAMPSON NARTEY STELLA ANAKWAJOSEPH ANIADJEI COMFORT LATEBEA MOSES ODOI ANSAH ANSAH MARY ADJETEY JOANA BRIGHT BAAH
OBUOBI EBENEZER ADLINE BOATENG COMFORT DOKU ESTHER OPOKU AYETEY ROSINA NTIAMOAH IDRISU RAMANUKOFI PANIT KWEKU JACOB SAMUEL ONOMAH TAWIAH DUGBARTEY CHRISTIANA AFUMOA JOSEPH K. ABOAGYE
ADJARTEY GODWIN NAOMI OFOSUA RAKIA ALI MICHAEL KOFI GEORGINA YIRENKYIWAA ANNOR EVANSPAUL ANKOMAH ESTHER OPOKU OISOWSI PATRICK LEONARD DZIWORNU DIANA TETTEH ERIC AYEHRACHEL ASIEDU FAUSTINA AMPOSAH CHRISTIANA ATIEMBO EMANUEL WAYO LYDIA ACQUA KWADZO ABRAHAMHAFSETU AZIZZ ELIZABETH BRUWA MARY ISHA FRANCIS KWESI AWUKU COMFORT ASAMOAH CYNTHIA AMOO
SYLVESTER FOLIE JOYCE AMINI AMUZU ELORM LINDA ASIEDU GRACE BRAHENI MARY OPOKUWAPRISCILLA ACQUAH COMFORT ADAMS ANSAH PRINCE JUSTICE AKAKPO JANET AFIA KWATIA MICHAEL
GIFTY OPOKUA ADWOA AGBEOA SOLOMON AKOTO AUGUSTINA SARKOBEA COMFORT ADUBAH MARY AGYEBEAEMMANUEL OKRAKU ADU ENOCH FRANCIS TENGEY CHRISTIANA AFORIBEA PATRICK OBUOBI PAUL DEBIETEY
VERA AMPONSAH PAUL WABI ESTHER ODOME REBECCA KESEWAH VIVIAN ALOFETE AMOAH ASIEDU EUGENEELIZABETH AGBOZO BENITA ABLAKWA ALICE SAKYIYAH PETER ATIEMBO ROSE ADIBEA EBENEZER FIANKO
FELICIA SARPONG FELIX AFARI NTOW GUSTA ADOLEY MARY OFORI COMFORT AKOSUA ABASE OWUSUA NTIAMOAHVIDA AJATEY ATTAH KOFI EVELYN MANNA RITA DUGBA ROSEMOND ASANTEWAA SALOMEY TETTEH
BARBARA TETTEH OBIRI ADADE KATE ASARE ISAAC DJAGBLUY EMMA PEPPER MICHAEL AGYEIDORIS AMOAKO SAMPSON KWESI NARTEY VIDA TAKYIWAH NTIAMO EBENEZER WILLIAM AFO FRED AMPOSAH
DANIEL NARH ERNEST OBIN RAKIA MUMUNI ALIMA ALIU BRIGHT ATTE FERDINAND BOSSOABIGAIL DOKU COMFORT ASABEA GLADYS OWUSU FELICIA NTIAMOAH ABIBA MUMUNI AUGUSTINA ASIBEA
KWADZO MENSAH ASIEDU ENOCK DANIEL ASHONG DEBORAH NAKO AGNES MANKOSA ALHASSAN SADIQISAAC AVORGAH ABOAGYE VALLICE HELLEN AFARIBEA AGNES SARPONG JOYCE AGYEIWAA ASARE DAVID
DORIS AGYEKUMBOA ODAME ISAAD MARY ASABEA ANTWIWA GODSLOVE DANIEL ADJEI TETTEH SAMUEL BOAHINERNEST OTOO SAMUEL BREMA DORIS OFEIBEA AMEDU HAWA JOSEPHINE PANTIWA GEORGINA GYAMPOH
KWESI KINTOZO ALI HAMIDU EDWARD OWUSU MAVIS MASABEAH AGBEVE KWAME BERTHA OPAREBEAACQUAH PRINCE FRANCIS ACQUAH MARY KONYOH YAKUBU AMOAH PATRICK PENTI MATILDA SIWABEA
SHADRACK ALHASSAN SUZZY OBENEWAA HANNAH AFUA PAULINA APPIAH OWUSU MECKAL EMMA FOLIECLEMENT AGOH CYNTHIA NARTEY MARGARET OWUSU ASIEDU ABOAGYE EVELYN DONKOR EMMANUEL ODAME
JOYCE OPAREBEA MABEL SARFOA GIFTY OWUSUAH DANIEL NARH LINDA OBUOBEA ADJEI BIDDANRACHEL EFFAH VIVIAN TETTEH
SPECIAL THANKS
EDWARD ADDO THE COLEBROOKE BOYSEMILY PRECIOUS ANTHONY STÖLTING
ALEXANDER DARBY ERIC YANKAHPLUTO & PLATO BENJAMIN AGYEMANTAYLOR NAGEL JAMES MENSAH
IN MEMORY OF CLARA DAPAAH
Zissou Pictures
COPYRIGHT © 2015 ZISSOU PICTURES LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
THE PERSONS AND EVENTS IN THIS MOTION PICTURE ARE FICTITIOUS. ANY SIMILARITY TO ACTUAL PERSONS OR EVENTS IS UNINTENTIONAL.
It remains unknown exactly how many children are accused of witchcraft each year. The majority of these abuses are not investigated or even
reported.
UNICEF and international NGOs believe the number to be in the hundreds of thousands.
Of those, thousands are exiled, tortured and even killed.
DIRECTED BY
NANA OBIRI YEBOAH
WRITTEN BY
MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
NICHOLAS K. LORY
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
DAVIDE DE STEFANO
EDITED BY
JOSH LEVINSKY
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
BENJAMIN WRIGHT
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
CARLOS CLAUSSEN PETER JOHN LORY
RICCARDO BRUNI GIANCARLO BRUNI
LEONARD CLAUSSEN BRITTA VON BERNSTORFF
NICHOLAS K. LORY MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
ORIS ERHUERO JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS
PRODUCED BY
NICHOLAS K. LORY
A
Zissou PicturesFILM
THE CURSED ONES
CAST
( IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
PASTOR JOHN MOSES JOSEPH OTSIMAN
GODWIN EZEUDU ORIS ERHUERO
AYOMIDE KWAKU BOATENG ANKOMAH
HUNTERS LEONARD KWAKU LUMORAGBEKO MORTTYBENJAMIN KWADEYDUGBARTEY TAWIAHKWASI OKLUIDRISU FUSEINIAMARTEY LORKOPHILIP AMOAHASEIDU ISSACIBRAHIM FUSEINI
ASABI OPHELIA KLENAM DZIDZORNU
CHINUE AMA K ABEBRESE
ISAIAH DANIEL GODKNOWS
LOBOTOMIZED GIRL HAYAT AKUAMOAH
PASTOR UCHEBO FRED AMUGI
IGE KHADIJA ABUBAKARI
YEJIDE'S SON EVANS OFOSU
YEJIDE'S DAUGHTER STELLA AGYEI
BULLIES DELPHINE OWUSU PRATJOSEPH DUGBARTEY
CHOIR MISTRESS AKORFA EDJEANI ASIEDU
ISOKE COMFORT ARTHUR
BARTENDER DAVID DONTOH
THE PALADIN JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS
YEJIDE ZARA-SHOLA ODENIYI
HUNTER 3 WIFE RACHEAL ANIM
HUNTER 4 WIFE NORBILE NABOR
VILLAGE ELDER RAMA BREW
DELIVERANCE BOY EUGENE GYAMFI
DELIVERANCE BOY'S MOTHER JULIANA BOATENG
AJ (VOICE) FERGUSON JACK
DRUNK HUNTER (VOICE) IKENNA OBI
MAIL CLERK ISAAC APPIAH-MANU
FESTIVAL MUSIC TROUPE
AGBE MUSIC
LED BY KODZO KUWORNU WITH
ANTHONY DZOKOTO KOKU AGBEYA PAPE ASAGBA GODSGIFT ADZOKWASHIE DZOKOTO KOFI KUWORNU MENSAH AGBEYA KWAME SOSUGAH
CEPHAS AYITEY KORSHIE DEVI FRANCIS KODJO DOUGLAS AMUZUISHMAEL NII LARTEY ISAAC AKAKPO FRANCIS KOUDJONOU ERIC NTIAMOAH
LYDIA YARO EDOE KOKU JOYCE MAKYERE JANET ISAACMABEL DOGBE SELASI KPOGLI GIFTY ZOH JANET GADZO
ENYONAM AZUREY JUDE SETORDZIE JOSEPH SETORDZIE
CREW
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
MAFALDA MILLIES
LINE PRODUCER
NATALIE STANGE
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
SIYA SITANGA
ART DIRECTOR
GEORGINA CARSON
CO-DIRECTOR
MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TOM BENNETT
THIRD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANITA OWUSU
CASTING DIRECTOR EMMA ALEVI
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR RITA MUSSEY
ASSISTANT TO MR. ERHUERO SAMUEL APPIAH GYAN
ASSISTANT TO MR. LORY & MR. YEBOAH EMMANUEL APPIAH GYAN
LOCATION MANAGER LESLIE AMPONSAH
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER ANDY OSEI
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER WANG YU
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR ERASMUS CODJOE
ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR EDMUND JOHNSON
ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT MICHAEL APPIAH
PROPERTY MASTER KOBE DEBRAH
B CAMERA OPERATOR JUSTIN HUNTING
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA SAMUEL ANAKWA
SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA JASON OPPONG PEPRAH
DATA WRANGLER COMFORT ARTHUR
SOUND RECORDIST BRUCE WUILLOUD
BOOM OPERATOR JAMES ADOFO
BOOM OPERATOR ENOCH OWUSU
KEY GRIP FRANCIS KWAPONG
GRIPS LAWRENCE AGYEIJONAS OSEIJOSIAH “SPANNER” COFIE
GAFFER FRISKY WRALLY T.
ELECTRICIANS KOFI ODUROEBENEZER TABRISTEVEN AGYIRI
GENERATOR OPERATORS SADAT ALHASSANEVANS KUMI
HEAD OF WARDROBE AFRIYE FRIMPONG
FIRST WARDROBE ASSISTANT GIFTY NORBET
SECOND WARDROBE ASSISTANT GEORGINA ADDOTEI
KEY HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST ARABA ANSAH
HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST ANNETTE ADULLAY
SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP ANTHONY JEFFERSON HANSON
STUNT COORDINATOR STONE MASON
PAINT SUPERVISOR KWESI OKYERE
CARPENTRY SUPERVISOR SHARPMAN AKORLI
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER WISDOM
BEHIND THE SCENES FILM MAKERS SEBASTIAN LORYJUMIC EMMA ANDERSON
SECURITY SERVICES SWAT SUPPORT SERVICES GHANA
SECURITY GUARDS EKO LOKKA HALMNII AMARTEY
MINIBUS DRIVERS KINGSLEY AWUDZIERIC AWAGBAVINCENT ALORWORDORAMOS YEBOA TAKYI
CAR DRIVER KWAME ERIC PRAH
ACCRA CAR DRIVER ISAAC APPIAH-MANU
WARDROBE TRUCK DRIVER ERIC OFOSU
CATERING HAVILAH
CATERING MANAGER SHARON GHANSAH AGYEKUM
CATERING ASSISTANT RICHARD BEDIAKO
ADDITIONAL EDITING JONAH GREENSTEIN
ADDITIONAL EDITING DANIEL DAVIES
VISUAL EFFECTS AND DI BY
THE MILL
VISUAL EFFECTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JUSTIN STIEBEL
COLORIST OISIN O’DRISCOLL
COMPOSITOR AHMED EL-AZMA
POST-PRODUCTION SOUND BY
AUDIO TACTICS
SOUND EDITOR
GERNOT FUHRMANN
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING BY BIG BLUE NORTH RECORDING
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING TECHNICIAN JEFF ADERMAN
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING MUSICIANS CHRISTIAN ARTHURCOREY COLMEYMIKE HERMANSWARD WILLIAMS
WITH ADDITIONAL MUSIC PERFORMANCES BY
AGBE MUSIC
AND
THE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR
“AGNUS DEI MASS FOR FIVE VOICES” WRITTEN BY WILLIAM BYRD
PERFORMED BY THE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR ARRANGED BY BENJAMIN WRIGHT
THANKS TO
THE CHILDREN OF MANGOASE
FRANCIS ANIM BENJAMIN AKAKPO EVANS OFOSU CHARLOTTE AWUKUBEA KOFI OPPONG OBENEWA AFUARICHARD TETTEH GRACE KAISE HENRY AGBLETA EMMANUEL DUMENYO TETTEH EBENEZER BONSU EMMANUEL
THEOPHILUS DZAGBA BENJAMIN AMOO JOSEPH DUGBARTEY PAMELA AFUMWA KOFI KWAPONG CHRISTIAN ASAREABDUL RAZAK SAMSON SEGLAH EVANS OSEI AGNES DEDE BENJAMIN SARFO EMELIA AGYEIJOHN ACKON WISDOM AKOTO SARAH KORSHIE MARY ASIEDU ADUBEA GLORIA AFUA BETTEWAH
GRACE ABOAGYEWAA OBUOBI JOSEPH RICHMOND SARPONG EMMANUEL FOLIE JACKLINE OPOKUWAA OJAM CHRISTIANANGELA ODAME RACHEAL AMENUWA WENDY OHENELOAA JERRY JOHN AUGUST DUMENYO ISAAC DUGBARTEY
KELVIN NANA APPIAH RICHARD BEKOE RASHIDA AWAABOA NELSON KORANTENG SAMUEL ASUMA MERCY ASAMOAHDESMOND GYEDU GONTO ISAAC COMFORT AKUMBIA BENJAMIN ANSAH IDRISU ALI SANDRA AMPOMIAH
EMMANUEL ANTWI NANCY ASIEDUA FLORENCE BRUWA REGINA BONNEY RICHARD FURI DERRICK BAAHBETH KPO FAUSIA ALI ERNESTINA MENSAH WISDOM AKLIGO FRANCISCA AKAKPO ELIZABETH ADOBEA
SAMUEL AKAKPO EUGENE GYAMFI CHARLOTTE AGLA MICAHEL KWAMINA DAVID FOIL MARY BADU
AND
THE ADULTS OF MANGOASE
MARY YEBOAH HARRIET NYARKO ABRAHAM ANYIDOHO EMMA FOLIE ALIMATU ALI ISAAC ABOAGYEFREDA MUABAH GEORGINA SIREBOUR EVELYN AKORLEY AMEDU HAWA OYE MERCY LYDIA AGYAPONG
EVELYN AKORLIE LYDIA M. DJANIE YAA FAUSTY KOJO GBEVE KOFI NII EMMANUEL APPAUNYAMPOM JONAS DANIEL NARTEY KWAME OFORI HAWA GARIBA CYNTHIA AYESU MARCY OYE
SETH ABOAGYE AYISI FRIMPONG CHRISTIANA TORSU KWARTENG JOSEPH SAMPSON NARTEY STELLA ANAKWAJOSEPH ANIADJEI COMFORT LATEBEA MOSES ODOI ANSAH ANSAH MARY ADJETEY JOANA BRIGHT BAAH
OBUOBI EBENEZER ADLINE BOATENG COMFORT DOKU ESTHER OPOKU AYETEY ROSINA NTIAMOAH IDRISU RAMANUKOFI PANIT KWEKU JACOB SAMUEL ONOMAH TAWIAH DUGBARTEY CHRISTIANA AFUMOA JOSEPH K. ABOAGYE
ADJARTEY GODWIN NAOMI OFOSUA RAKIA ALI MICHAEL KOFI GEORGINA YIRENKYIWAA ANNOR EVANSPAUL ANKOMAH ESTHER OPOKU OISOWSI PATRICK LEONARD DZIWORNU DIANA TETTEH ERIC AYEHRACHEL ASIEDU FAUSTINA AMPOSAH CHRISTIANA ATIEMBO EMANUEL WAYO LYDIA ACQUA KWADZO ABRAHAMHAFSETU AZIZZ ELIZABETH BRUWA MARY ISHA FRANCIS KWESI AWUKU COMFORT ASAMOAH CYNTHIA AMOO
SYLVESTER FOLIE JOYCE AMINI AMUZU ELORM LINDA ASIEDU GRACE BRAHENI MARY OPOKUWAPRISCILLA ACQUAH COMFORT ADAMS ANSAH PRINCE JUSTICE AKAKPO JANET AFIA KWATIA MICHAEL
GIFTY OPOKUA ADWOA AGBEOA SOLOMON AKOTO AUGUSTINA SARKOBEA COMFORT ADUBAH MARY AGYEBEAEMMANUEL OKRAKU ADU ENOCH FRANCIS TENGEY CHRISTIANA AFORIBEA PATRICK OBUOBI PAUL DEBIETEY
VERA AMPONSAH PAUL WABI ESTHER ODOME REBECCA KESEWAH VIVIAN ALOFETE AMOAH ASIEDU EUGENEELIZABETH AGBOZO BENITA ABLAKWA ALICE SAKYIYAH PETER ATIEMBO ROSE ADIBEA EBENEZER FIANKO
FELICIA SARPONG FELIX AFARI NTOW GUSTA ADOLEY MARY OFORI COMFORT AKOSUA ABASE OWUSUA NTIAMOAHVIDA AJATEY ATTAH KOFI EVELYN MANNA RITA DUGBA ROSEMOND ASANTEWAA SALOMEY TETTEH
BARBARA TETTEH OBIRI ADADE KATE ASARE ISAAC DJAGBLUY EMMA PEPPER MICHAEL AGYEIDORIS AMOAKO SAMPSON KWESI NARTEY VIDA TAKYIWAH NTIAMO EBENEZER WILLIAM AFO FRED AMPOSAH
DANIEL NARH ERNEST OBIN RAKIA MUMUNI ALIMA ALIU BRIGHT ATTE FERDINAND BOSSOABIGAIL DOKU COMFORT ASABEA GLADYS OWUSU FELICIA NTIAMOAH ABIBA MUMUNI AUGUSTINA ASIBEA
KWADZO MENSAH ASIEDU ENOCK DANIEL ASHONG DEBORAH NAKO AGNES MANKOSA ALHASSAN SADIQISAAC AVORGAH ABOAGYE VALLICE HELLEN AFARIBEA AGNES SARPONG JOYCE AGYEIWAA ASARE DAVID
DORIS AGYEKUMBOA ODAME ISAAD MARY ASABEA ANTWIWA GODSLOVE DANIEL ADJEI TETTEH SAMUEL BOAHINERNEST OTOO SAMUEL BREMA DORIS OFEIBEA AMEDU HAWA JOSEPHINE PANTIWA GEORGINA GYAMPOH
KWESI KINTOZO ALI HAMIDU EDWARD OWUSU MAVIS MASABEAH AGBEVE KWAME BERTHA OPAREBEAACQUAH PRINCE FRANCIS ACQUAH MARY KONYOH YAKUBU AMOAH PATRICK PENTI MATILDA SIWABEA
SHADRACK ALHASSAN SUZZY OBENEWAA HANNAH AFUA PAULINA APPIAH OWUSU MECKAL EMMA FOLIECLEMENT AGOH CYNTHIA NARTEY MARGARET OWUSU ASIEDU ABOAGYE EVELYN DONKOR EMMANUEL ODAME
JOYCE OPAREBEA MABEL SARFOA GIFTY OWUSUAH DANIEL NARH LINDA OBUOBEA ADJEI BIDDANRACHEL EFFAH VIVIAN TETTEH
SPECIAL THANKS
EDWARD ADDO THE COLEBROOKE BOYSEMILY PRECIOUS ANTHONY STÖLTING
ALEXANDER DARBY ERIC YANKAHPLUTO & PLATO BENJAMIN AGYEMANTAYLOR NAGEL JAMES MENSAH
IN MEMORY OF CLARA DAPAAH
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It remains unknown exactly how many children are accused of witchcraft each year. The majority of these abuses are not investigated or even
reported.
UNICEF and international NGOs believe the number to be in the hundreds of thousands.
Of those, thousands are exiled, tortured and even killed.
DIRECTED BY
NANA OBIRI YEBOAH
WRITTEN BY
MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
NICHOLAS K. LORY
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
DAVIDE DE STEFANO
EDITED BY
JOSH LEVINSKY
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
BENJAMIN WRIGHT
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
CARLOS CLAUSSEN PETER JOHN LORY
RICCARDO BRUNI GIANCARLO BRUNI
LEONARD CLAUSSEN BRITTA VON BERNSTORFF
NICHOLAS K. LORY MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
ORIS ERHUERO JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS
PRODUCED BY
NICHOLAS K. LORY
A
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THE CURSED ONES
CAST
( IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
PASTOR JOHN MOSES JOSEPH OTSIMAN
GODWIN EZEUDU ORIS ERHUERO
AYOMIDE KWAKU BOATENG ANKOMAH
HUNTERS LEONARD KWAKU LUMORAGBEKO MORTTYBENJAMIN KWADEYDUGBARTEY TAWIAHKWASI OKLUIDRISU FUSEINIAMARTEY LORKOPHILIP AMOAHASEIDU ISSACIBRAHIM FUSEINI
ASABI OPHELIA KLENAM DZIDZORNU
CHINUE AMA K ABEBRESE
ISAIAH DANIEL GODKNOWS
LOBOTOMIZED GIRL HAYAT AKUAMOAH
PASTOR UCHEBO FRED AMUGI
IGE KHADIJA ABUBAKARI
YEJIDE'S SON EVANS OFOSU
YEJIDE'S DAUGHTER STELLA AGYEI
BULLIES DELPHINE OWUSU PRATJOSEPH DUGBARTEY
CHOIR MISTRESS AKORFA EDJEANI ASIEDU
ISOKE COMFORT ARTHUR
BARTENDER DAVID DONTOH
THE PALADIN JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS
YEJIDE ZARA-SHOLA ODENIYI
HUNTER 3 WIFE RACHEAL ANIM
HUNTER 4 WIFE NORBILE NABOR
VILLAGE ELDER RAMA BREW
DELIVERANCE BOY EUGENE GYAMFI
DELIVERANCE BOY'S MOTHER JULIANA BOATENG
AJ (VOICE) FERGUSON JACK
DRUNK HUNTER (VOICE) IKENNA OBI
MAIL CLERK ISAAC APPIAH-MANU
FESTIVAL MUSIC TROUPE
AGBE MUSIC
LED BY KODZO KUWORNU WITH
ANTHONY DZOKOTO KOKU AGBEYA PAPE ASAGBA GODSGIFT ADZOKWASHIE DZOKOTO KOFI KUWORNU MENSAH AGBEYA KWAME SOSUGAH
CEPHAS AYITEY KORSHIE DEVI FRANCIS KODJO DOUGLAS AMUZUISHMAEL NII LARTEY ISAAC AKAKPO FRANCIS KOUDJONOU ERIC NTIAMOAH
LYDIA YARO EDOE KOKU JOYCE MAKYERE JANET ISAACMABEL DOGBE SELASI KPOGLI GIFTY ZOH JANET GADZO
ENYONAM AZUREY JUDE SETORDZIE JOSEPH SETORDZIE
CREW
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
MAFALDA MILLIES
LINE PRODUCER
NATALIE STANGE
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
SIYA SITANGA
ART DIRECTOR
GEORGINA CARSON
CO-DIRECTOR
MAXIMILIAN CLAUSSEN
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TOM BENNETT
THIRD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANITA OWUSU
CASTING DIRECTOR EMMA ALEVI
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR RITA MUSSEY
ASSISTANT TO MR. ERHUERO SAMUEL APPIAH GYAN
ASSISTANT TO MR. LORY & MR. YEBOAH EMMANUEL APPIAH GYAN
LOCATION MANAGER LESLIE AMPONSAH
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER ANDY OSEI
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER WANG YU
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR ERASMUS CODJOE
ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR EDMUND JOHNSON
ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT MICHAEL APPIAH
PROPERTY MASTER KOBE DEBRAH
B CAMERA OPERATOR JUSTIN HUNTING
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA SAMUEL ANAKWA
SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA JASON OPPONG PEPRAH
DATA WRANGLER COMFORT ARTHUR
SOUND RECORDIST BRUCE WUILLOUD
BOOM OPERATOR JAMES ADOFO
BOOM OPERATOR ENOCH OWUSU
KEY GRIP FRANCIS KWAPONG
GRIPS LAWRENCE AGYEIJONAS OSEIJOSIAH “SPANNER” COFIE
GAFFER FRISKY WRALLY T.
ELECTRICIANS KOFI ODUROEBENEZER TABRISTEVEN AGYIRI
GENERATOR OPERATORS SADAT ALHASSANEVANS KUMI
HEAD OF WARDROBE AFRIYE FRIMPONG
FIRST WARDROBE ASSISTANT GIFTY NORBET
SECOND WARDROBE ASSISTANT GEORGINA ADDOTEI
KEY HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST ARABA ANSAH
HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST ANNETTE ADULLAY
SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP ANTHONY JEFFERSON HANSON
STUNT COORDINATOR STONE MASON
PAINT SUPERVISOR KWESI OKYERE
CARPENTRY SUPERVISOR SHARPMAN AKORLI
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER WISDOM
BEHIND THE SCENES FILM MAKERS SEBASTIAN LORYJUMIC EMMA ANDERSON
SECURITY SERVICES SWAT SUPPORT SERVICES GHANA
SECURITY GUARDS EKO LOKKA HALMNII AMARTEY
MINIBUS DRIVERS KINGSLEY AWUDZIERIC AWAGBAVINCENT ALORWORDORAMOS YEBOA TAKYI
CAR DRIVER KWAME ERIC PRAH
ACCRA CAR DRIVER ISAAC APPIAH-MANU
WARDROBE TRUCK DRIVER ERIC OFOSU
CATERING HAVILAH
CATERING MANAGER SHARON GHANSAH AGYEKUM
CATERING ASSISTANT RICHARD BEDIAKO
ADDITIONAL EDITING JONAH GREENSTEIN
ADDITIONAL EDITING DANIEL DAVIES
VISUAL EFFECTS AND DI BY
THE MILL
VISUAL EFFECTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JUSTIN STIEBEL
COLORIST OISIN O’DRISCOLL
COMPOSITOR AHMED EL-AZMA
POST-PRODUCTION SOUND BY
AUDIO TACTICS
SOUND EDITOR
GERNOT FUHRMANN
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING BY BIG BLUE NORTH RECORDING
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING TECHNICIAN JEFF ADERMAN
SOUNDTRACK RECORDING MUSICIANS CHRISTIAN ARTHURCOREY COLMEYMIKE HERMANSWARD WILLIAMS
WITH ADDITIONAL MUSIC PERFORMANCES BY
AGBE MUSIC
AND
THE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR
“AGNUS DEI MASS FOR FIVE VOICES” WRITTEN BY WILLIAM BYRD
PERFORMED BY THE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR ARRANGED BY BENJAMIN WRIGHT
THANKS TO
THE CHILDREN OF MANGOASE
FRANCIS ANIM BENJAMIN AKAKPO EVANS OFOSU CHARLOTTE AWUKUBEA KOFI OPPONG OBENEWA AFUARICHARD TETTEH GRACE KAISE HENRY AGBLETA EMMANUEL DUMENYO TETTEH EBENEZER BONSU EMMANUEL
THEOPHILUS DZAGBA BENJAMIN AMOO JOSEPH DUGBARTEY PAMELA AFUMWA KOFI KWAPONG CHRISTIAN ASAREABDUL RAZAK SAMSON SEGLAH EVANS OSEI AGNES DEDE BENJAMIN SARFO EMELIA AGYEIJOHN ACKON WISDOM AKOTO SARAH KORSHIE MARY ASIEDU ADUBEA GLORIA AFUA BETTEWAH
GRACE ABOAGYEWAA OBUOBI JOSEPH RICHMOND SARPONG EMMANUEL FOLIE JACKLINE OPOKUWAA OJAM CHRISTIANANGELA ODAME RACHEAL AMENUWA WENDY OHENELOAA JERRY JOHN AUGUST DUMENYO ISAAC DUGBARTEY
KELVIN NANA APPIAH RICHARD BEKOE RASHIDA AWAABOA NELSON KORANTENG SAMUEL ASUMA MERCY ASAMOAHDESMOND GYEDU GONTO ISAAC COMFORT AKUMBIA BENJAMIN ANSAH IDRISU ALI SANDRA AMPOMIAH
EMMANUEL ANTWI NANCY ASIEDUA FLORENCE BRUWA REGINA BONNEY RICHARD FURI DERRICK BAAHBETH KPO FAUSIA ALI ERNESTINA MENSAH WISDOM AKLIGO FRANCISCA AKAKPO ELIZABETH ADOBEA
SAMUEL AKAKPO EUGENE GYAMFI CHARLOTTE AGLA MICAHEL KWAMINA DAVID FOIL MARY BADU
AND
THE ADULTS OF MANGOASE
MARY YEBOAH HARRIET NYARKO ABRAHAM ANYIDOHO EMMA FOLIE ALIMATU ALI ISAAC ABOAGYEFREDA MUABAH GEORGINA SIREBOUR EVELYN AKORLEY AMEDU HAWA OYE MERCY LYDIA AGYAPONG
EVELYN AKORLIE LYDIA M. DJANIE YAA FAUSTY KOJO GBEVE KOFI NII EMMANUEL APPAUNYAMPOM JONAS DANIEL NARTEY KWAME OFORI HAWA GARIBA CYNTHIA AYESU MARCY OYE
SETH ABOAGYE AYISI FRIMPONG CHRISTIANA TORSU KWARTENG JOSEPH SAMPSON NARTEY STELLA ANAKWAJOSEPH ANIADJEI COMFORT LATEBEA MOSES ODOI ANSAH ANSAH MARY ADJETEY JOANA BRIGHT BAAH
OBUOBI EBENEZER ADLINE BOATENG COMFORT DOKU ESTHER OPOKU AYETEY ROSINA NTIAMOAH IDRISU RAMANUKOFI PANIT KWEKU JACOB SAMUEL ONOMAH TAWIAH DUGBARTEY CHRISTIANA AFUMOA JOSEPH K. ABOAGYE
ADJARTEY GODWIN NAOMI OFOSUA RAKIA ALI MICHAEL KOFI GEORGINA YIRENKYIWAA ANNOR EVANSPAUL ANKOMAH ESTHER OPOKU OISOWSI PATRICK LEONARD DZIWORNU DIANA TETTEH ERIC AYEHRACHEL ASIEDU FAUSTINA AMPOSAH CHRISTIANA ATIEMBO EMANUEL WAYO LYDIA ACQUA KWADZO ABRAHAMHAFSETU AZIZZ ELIZABETH BRUWA MARY ISHA FRANCIS KWESI AWUKU COMFORT ASAMOAH CYNTHIA AMOO
SYLVESTER FOLIE JOYCE AMINI AMUZU ELORM LINDA ASIEDU GRACE BRAHENI MARY OPOKUWAPRISCILLA ACQUAH COMFORT ADAMS ANSAH PRINCE JUSTICE AKAKPO JANET AFIA KWATIA MICHAEL
GIFTY OPOKUA ADWOA AGBEOA SOLOMON AKOTO AUGUSTINA SARKOBEA COMFORT ADUBAH MARY AGYEBEAEMMANUEL OKRAKU ADU ENOCH FRANCIS TENGEY CHRISTIANA AFORIBEA PATRICK OBUOBI PAUL DEBIETEY
VERA AMPONSAH PAUL WABI ESTHER ODOME REBECCA KESEWAH VIVIAN ALOFETE AMOAH ASIEDU EUGENEELIZABETH AGBOZO BENITA ABLAKWA ALICE SAKYIYAH PETER ATIEMBO ROSE ADIBEA EBENEZER FIANKO
FELICIA SARPONG FELIX AFARI NTOW GUSTA ADOLEY MARY OFORI COMFORT AKOSUA ABASE OWUSUA NTIAMOAHVIDA AJATEY ATTAH KOFI EVELYN MANNA RITA DUGBA ROSEMOND ASANTEWAA SALOMEY TETTEH
BARBARA TETTEH OBIRI ADADE KATE ASARE ISAAC DJAGBLUY EMMA PEPPER MICHAEL AGYEIDORIS AMOAKO SAMPSON KWESI NARTEY VIDA TAKYIWAH NTIAMO EBENEZER WILLIAM AFO FRED AMPOSAH
DANIEL NARH ERNEST OBIN RAKIA MUMUNI ALIMA ALIU BRIGHT ATTE FERDINAND BOSSOABIGAIL DOKU COMFORT ASABEA GLADYS OWUSU FELICIA NTIAMOAH ABIBA MUMUNI AUGUSTINA ASIBEA
KWADZO MENSAH ASIEDU ENOCK DANIEL ASHONG DEBORAH NAKO AGNES MANKOSA ALHASSAN SADIQISAAC AVORGAH ABOAGYE VALLICE HELLEN AFARIBEA AGNES SARPONG JOYCE AGYEIWAA ASARE DAVID
DORIS AGYEKUMBOA ODAME ISAAD MARY ASABEA ANTWIWA GODSLOVE DANIEL ADJEI TETTEH SAMUEL BOAHINERNEST OTOO SAMUEL BREMA DORIS OFEIBEA AMEDU HAWA JOSEPHINE PANTIWA GEORGINA GYAMPOH
KWESI KINTOZO ALI HAMIDU EDWARD OWUSU MAVIS MASABEAH AGBEVE KWAME BERTHA OPAREBEAACQUAH PRINCE FRANCIS ACQUAH MARY KONYOH YAKUBU AMOAH PATRICK PENTI MATILDA SIWABEA
SHADRACK ALHASSAN SUZZY OBENEWAA HANNAH AFUA PAULINA APPIAH OWUSU MECKAL EMMA FOLIECLEMENT AGOH CYNTHIA NARTEY MARGARET OWUSU ASIEDU ABOAGYE EVELYN DONKOR EMMANUEL ODAME
JOYCE OPAREBEA MABEL SARFOA GIFTY OWUSUAH DANIEL NARH LINDA OBUOBEA ADJEI BIDDANRACHEL EFFAH VIVIAN TETTEH
SPECIAL THANKS
EDWARD ADDO THE COLEBROOKE BOYSEMILY PRECIOUS ANTHONY STÖLTING
ALEXANDER DARBY ERIC YANKAHPLUTO & PLATO BENJAMIN AGYEMANTAYLOR NAGEL JAMES MENSAH
IN MEMORY OF CLARA DAPAAH
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