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The critically acclaimed film, Inxeba (The Wound), which was shortlisted for best foreign language film at the 2018 Academy Awards, has been banned by South Africa’s censors after an outcry by traditionalists. Wamuwi Mbao wonders what the responses to it say about South Africa's inability to imagine homosexual men as fellow cultural beings.
When Jomo Kenyatta became Kenya's first president after independence, he championed the notion of "Harambee" (“let us pull together”). It played a huge role in how people think about education in the country. Brian Levy suggests this history could offer some valuable lessons for schooling in South Africa.
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A scene from ‘Inxeba’.
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Wamuwi Mbao, Stellenbosch University
The banned film Inxeba certainly deserves more than to languish in the mire of South African scandal.
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The idea of “Harambee” - self-help - was central to Jomo Kenyatta’s thinking and politics.
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Brian Levy, University of Cape Town
Kenyans believe that fixing education is not someone else's task or someone else's failure.
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Josephine Kaviti Musango, Stellenbosch University; Paul K Currie, Stellenbosch University
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Derek E. Lee, Pennsylvania State University
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