Category: Women in Media

Bibi Owusu Shadbolt is a UK based script writer, film producer and director of Ghanaian descent. Her career in film making started in 2009, when she decided to take part in a script writing competition organised by her local TV station. Her script received great reviews and one of the producers of the TV station encouraged her to pursue a career in film making, something which according to her, defined her career. Her debut film Afua's Diary (2015) received several international awards. She is currently working on a romantic comedy that shows the side of Africa not often shown on Western media. In several interviews, Bibi has spoken passionately about her African heritage and her desire to tell African stories to mainstream audience. With the success of Afua’s Diary, she believes this is achievable. Bibi Owusu-Shadbolt