| White Elephant: The Battle of the African Ghosts | |
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| Directed by | Werner Grusch |
| Written by | Ashley Pharoah |
| Starring | Peter Firth Abi Adatsi Kwabena Holm Charles Annan Samuel Amoah |
| Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | English |
White Elephant is a 1984 British comedy drama film directed by Werner Grusch and starring Peter Firth, Peter Sarpong and Nana Seowg. [1] The plot involves a ruthless white man determined to break through thousands of years of tradition to sell microchips in Africa. A young British businessman goes to Ghana to modernise a furniture factory by introducing computers. Unbeknownst to him, the spirits of African tradition are already working against him and are determined to make him pay. He encounters fierce resistance from the Ghanaians, and this eventually leads him to better appreciate their culture.
