Ghanaian filmmaker based in the US, Leila Djansi, is not happy about what the sequel of the popular Hollywood movie, ‘Coming 2 America’, portrays about Africans.
She made a statement after she watched the movie which was premiered on March 5, 2021.
Leila Djansi believes the producers of the 2020 film did a bad job at projecting Africa to the world.
Read her full post below:
“As an African, I found #Coming2America mildly offensive. Jungles, wild animals, child warriors and war. Come on Hollywood, these tropes show how discriminatory and disrespectful y’all are. Enough!
There’s more to Africa and please don’t try hiding em within wealth. I don’t understand this unwillingness to change and accept that these images and ideas are wrong, mostly lies. Spent 15 years of my life in Ghana and never even seen a squirrel.
Child soldiers? Chicago gun-totting gang kids? Can we talk about that? STOP!! Africans are regular people. African cities are cosmopolitan. African villages are what they are based on culture and geography. Let’s not discuss villages in the South. Georgia?
I swear someone will be asking me about lions this week. Jesus take the wheel.”
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By: ghanaweekend.com
