LEGACY: THE DECOLONIZED HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA – Review by Timothy Niwamanya
INTERSECTIONALITY AND RESISTANCE Decoloniality, as a school of thought and action, has been central to dismantling the vestiges of cultural, economic and psychological imperialism among historically-oppressed people around the world. It critiques and deconstructs widely-held colonial attitudes, white supremacist narratives and artificial social hierarchies to validate and affirm suppressed native knowledge and lived experience. Tara […]
Keba, Interrupted – Review by Tony Asankomah
A Heartfelt Exploration of Grief and Responsibility “Keba, Interrupted” is a well-put-together short film by director Meja Shoba, telling quite a poignant, relatively simple story of grief, responsibility, and family. It revolves around Keba, a character well-played by Tshepiso Jeme, whose life is shaken in turmoil following his mother’s death and the unexpected responsibility of […]
Height of the Kite – Review by Tony Asankomah
A Struggle For A Voice. “Height of The Kite” is a short documentary film directed by Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar that explores the gender and racial discrimination women face in the Afro-Asian communities of rural Balochistan on the Iran-Pakistan border. The film in observation style focuses on Fariba, a teenage girl with aspirations of […]
