
Banning Rafiki was unlawful: why new court ruling is an important moment for African film
Rafiki is a charming urban Kenyan love story in which two teenage girls’ close friendship slowly turns into first love.

Rafiki is a charming urban Kenyan love story in which two teenage girls’ close friendship slowly turns into first love.

According to author Haley McEwen, Christian pro-family campaigning in Africa today can be viewed as retooling colonial control mechanisms.

On social media, President William Ruto is referred to as Zakayo, named after Zaccheaus, the hated chief tax collector in biblical Jericho.



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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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