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"If Hollywood makes money, if Bollywood makes money, then why can't we, in Africa?" asked the head of Ghana's biggest film firm, Robert Kofi Nyantakyi of Gama Film Company. The script the African film moguls are trying to write at the Cannes film festival this week could be called Desperately Seeking A Voice For Africa. "We have so many stories to tell" said Nyantakyi, whose country is a pioneer of West African cinema. But with few funds and a wide technology gap to overcome, Africa's chances of producing films featuring its own cultures and concerns appear doomed to failure unless national industries band together to break down borders.