"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives"
It's been a long time coming for the Kenyan film industry and finally we can catch a glimpse of how it's future looks like. Hi there, I'm Nitram, and today we're going to talk about one of some of the profound Kenyan film releases in the past years that have stired a lot of progress, changes and shone a new light on the Kenyan film landscape. The film, which remains to be one of my favourite film releases yet is Rafiki . Directed by the decorated Wanuri Kahiu, Rafiki, since its release has been on the mouths of every film maker and Kenyan citizen alike. Rafiki was a boundary-pushing film that nobody saw coming and educative as well as thought-provoking. If there was a right time for the discussion on LGBTQ rights in Kenya, it's release period was the perfect timing. The unusual film was a direct jab at the persistent Kenyan culture of normalised homophobia and ignorance. At the time talks of #repeal162 were doing rounds and the case had been in court for quite a mi...