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Sexuality – especially queer sexuality – has always been one of the most heavily policed themes in African film.
It wasn’t just the film Rafiki - a joyful lesbian love story - but also the experience of going to watch it after it was unbanned that created a new kind of freedom.
A Kenyan film director sued her country’s film board and won. Local artists should follow suit and fight censorship.
