Film
The Slow-Burning Collision: African Filmmakers, Global Ambitions, and Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws
As African cinema enters wider international markets, many of the same governments seeking global cultural and business ties maintain laws that criminalize queer people. First sent to Akoroko Premium subscribers in January 2026, Tambay A. Obenson examines how queer stories circulate internationally even as queer filmmakers continue to face legal and professional risk in their home countries, and how international film institutions benefit from that separation without accepting responsibility for its consequences — from "Dakan" (1997) to the 2026 Kenya Court of Appeal ruling on "Rafiki".
