Thursday , June 8 2023

"Rafiki" means little for the film, but also for civil society in Kenya



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This sympathetic Kenya portrayal of forbidden lesbian love will not make anyone lift your eyebrows here at home. But it was for a moment forbidden in the homeland before being transferred to the Cannes Film Festival.

As a contribution to cinematographic art, it is a parenthesis, but the impact it can have on civil society in Kenya should not be underestimated. As a species Rome and Julie, where two girls from each of their rival political families enter into a relationship, Wanuri Kahius' debut film plays against backgrounds of intolerance and homophobia in Nairobi.

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