Desperate Housewives Africa

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Desperate Housewives Africa
Genre	Mystery Comedy drama Soap opera
Created by	Marc Cherry
Based on	Desperate Housewives by Marc Cherry
Written by	Debo Oluwatuminu Tari Ekiyor Tosin Otudeko Marc Cherry Jason Ganzel Jenna Bans Joshua Senter Dahvi Waller Kevin Etten Brian Tanen Alexandra Cunningham Bob Daily John Pardee Joey Murphy Wendy Mericle Matt Berry Kevin Murphy Tom Spezialy Jeff Greenstein Joe Keenan Jamie Gorenberg David Flebotte Marco Pennette David Schladweiler Chuck Ranberg Anne Flett-Giordano Susan Nirah Jaffee Chris Black Lori Kirkland Baker John Paul Bullock III Cindy Appel Christian McLaughlin Peter Lefcourt Jeffrey Richman Jim Lincoln Scott Sanford Tobis Valerie Ahern Brian A. Alexander Patty Lin Tracey Stern Adam Barr Alan Cross Katie Ford Ellen Herman David Schulner Oliver Goldstick Sheila R. Lawrence Valerie Brotski Bruce Zimmerman Sara Parriott Josann McGibbon Annie Weisman
Screenplay by	Debo Oluwatunmi
Directed by	Quinty Pillay
Starring	Michelle Dede Kehinde Bankole Nini Wacera Omotu Bissong Joseph Benjamin Marcy Dolapo Oni Linda Osifo Jason Nwoga Femi Branch Ben Touitou Nonso Odogwu
Narrated by	Marcy Dolapo Oni See full list
Theme music composer	Danny Elfman
Composers	Steve Bartek Stewart Copeland Steve Jablonsky
Country of origin	Nigeria
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	23 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producer	Mo Abudu
Producer	Quinty Pillay
Production locations	Lekki, Lagos State[1] Wisteria Lane, Fairview, Eagle State (setting)
Editors	Yemi Jolaoso Abimbola Taiwo
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	~45 minutes
Production company	ABC Studios
Original release
Network	Ebonylife TV[2]
Release	30 April (2015-04-30) – 29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)
Related
Desperate Housewives
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Desperate Housewives Africa, also known as Desperate HWA, is a Nigerian comedy-drama-mystery television series Pan-African version of the American television series, Desperate Housewives created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios, that premiered on Ebony Life TV on 30 April 2015.^[2] The show features an ensemble cast, which includes: Joseph Benjamin, Kehinde Bankole, Omotu Bissong, Nini Wacera, Michelle Dede, Marcy Dolapo Oni and Linda Osifo.

The show was shot in Lekki. It is a Pan-African adaptation of the American series, Desperate Housewives, that aired from 2004 to 2012; the show has been minimally adapted to African themes; from character names to the main plot, but the main characters play the same roles as the characters in the original version.^[1]