Oduro-Frimpong, Joseph2017-09-122017-09-122014Oduro-Frimpong, J. (2014). Sakawa Rituals and Cyberfraud in Ghanaian Popular Video Movies. African Studies Review, 57(2), 131-147. doi:10.1017/asr.2014.51ISSN: 0002-0206 (Print)1555-2462 (Online)http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11988/270Joseph Oduro-Frimpong is a faculty of Ashesi University CollegeSakawa indexes a cyberfraud practice in Ghana allegedly linked with occult rituals. This article examines the phenomenon as an analytically relevant example of a material understanding of religion. It then offers a critical reading of a popular sakawa video series and contrasts its thematic perspectives with the reactions of some Ghanaian political leaders to the possible motivations for the practice. This critical approach is conceived as a response to the persistent myopic view of such popular genres as irrelevant to key debates around problematic Ghanaian issues and also to calls in global media studies to de-Westernize the field.enGhanaGhanaian moviessakawacyberfraudArticle