Social media and internet forums function as an important space of contestation for issues relating to queer identities. This is evident in reactions to two fairly recent queer-themed African films, ...

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The film Rafiki is a charming love story that plays out in urban Kenya. It follows two teenage girls whose close friendship slowly turns into first love. Businesses are rapidly moving into the digital ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities have banned a film that tells the love story of two women on the grounds that it promotes lesbianism but activists said the ban would only promote interest in ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks to Wanuri Kahiu, director of the film Rafiki about Kahiu's style of filmmaking and why the movie was banned in Kenya. We're going to talk about a new movie out this week ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The novel, to be published September 1 via Simon & Schuster, is a coming-of-age story of a wealthy African-American teenager whose ...

Despite the ban of controversial lesbian-themed film Rafiki by the Kenya Film Classifications Board (KFCB) in 2018, the film seems to be picking up and doing well outside Kenya. Rafiki, directed ...

Kenyans are turning out en masse to cinemas to watch 'Rafiki' a movie about love between two women that was previously banned in the country. The movie which was banned from screening in the country ...