Nakhane (front) stars in Inxeba (The Wound), a South African film about gay love at an initiation school.
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Despite harsh laws, a growing number of African countries are representing queer life in their cinema.
A still from Rafiki, a film by Wanuri Kahiu, Kenya (2018)
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Discussions about the films on social media and online forums show that African queer lives are complex and don’t tell a single story.
Mary Twala Mhlongo is the star of This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection.
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Lesotho’s first-ever entry at the Oscars is a powerful story based on true-to-life events in which a village is to be forcibly evicted to make way for a new dam.
Nakhane live at Omeara.
Nakhane’s artistic oeuvre makes visible marginalised masculine identities.
A scene from the controversial movie ‘Inxeba’ : The Wound.
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The decision by South Africa’s Film and Publication Board to ban the film Inxeba has been widely criticised.
A scene from ‘Inxeba’.
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The banned film Inxeba certainly deserves more than to languish in the mire of South African scandal.