The cv2.warpAffine function takes the shape parameter in reverse order: (col,row) which the answers above do not mention. Here is what worked for me:
import numpy as np
def rotateImage(image, angle):
row,col = image.shape
center=tuple(np.array([row,col])/2)
rot_mat = cv2.getRotationMatrix2D(center,angle,1.0)
new_image = cv2.warpAffine(image, rot_mat, (col,row))
return new_image