Whilst the Kumawood movie industry carries blame on the emergence of these telenovela’s translated into twi, movie maker Socrates Sarfo has a whole new tone to that misconception.
According to him, it is good. Speaking on Accra100.5FM, he said:
“I see a good trend coming up in terms of the telenovelas. Now we have started translating them into Twi, which I think is a good sign.
I see hope there, hope in the sense that they have realised people enjoy the telenovelas in the local context or Twi language, and translating them into Twi is expensive.
So, for example, if you buy the content for $1000 and the Twi translation also costs you $1000, you ask yourself what the patrons like: ‘Is it the Twi or the story?’ and it’s the story.
So I see a future soon where the scripts will rather be picked and we will re-enact it locally so the format will change,” he told show host Bismark Boachie (DJ Premier).
