A Ghanaian newspaper comments on "the power of film to change human behaviour and influence culture" and is alerted about the recent invasion of Nigerian films on Ghana's TV channels and about "the dangers they pose to the mental and psychological development of the people". The cultural aspect comes in when Nigerian (admittedly bloody) movies are accused of portraying "negative stereotypes of the black man" characterised as "typically superstitious, juju-seeking and materialist-minded (>>) [The movies] seem to be made for a non-thinking audience, which can only be titillated by gory and ugly scenes and plots that only show the worst in African men and women caught in situations of poverty.".

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