Month: March 2014

ShakaRa Speaks On It – Enslaved Afrikans Who Fought Back PART 2!

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Written for The British Blacklist 26.02.14: http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-it-films-enslaved-afrikans-fought-part-2/ In my last ShakaRa Speaks On It – ‘Is Now the Time For a Film About Enslaved Afrikan’s Who Fought Back?’, I analyzed the phenomena of slavery films in Hollywood and the role they play in reinforcing the narrative of “White saviours” freeing poor, helpless Afrikan slaves. In providing a few of …

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ShakaRa Speaks On It: Is It Now Time for a Film on The Enslaved Afrikans Who Fought Back?

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For the British Black List 12.02.14: http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-it-time-film-enslaved-afrikans-fought-back/ There is an old Afrikan saying: “Until the lion learns to tell its own History, tales of the hunt will continue to glorify the hunter.” Today there is a popular narrative surrounding the Enslavement of Afrikan people. That narrative has three major stages:  Afrikan Kings & Chiefs sold their own …

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