An exploratory study of the representation of lesbian subjectivities in the contemporary Kenyan film Rafiki
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Date
2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
This research analyzes the depiction of black Kenyan lesbians in contemporary Kenyan films. In order to do so, I focus on the film Rafiki by Wanuri Kahiu, a 2018 Kenyan drama film that documents the story of romance that grows between two young women amidst family and political pressure around lesbian gay bisexual trans intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) rights in Kenya. The film speaks to issues of intersectional subjectivity and diverse ways of what it is to identify across different social categories, a woman, a lesbian, a Kenyan and specifically black Kenyan.
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Masters of Art
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Gender studies, Women, Kenya, LGBTIQ+, Romance