The 2018 film, Rafiki, by co-writer/director Wanuri Kahiu, follows Kena and Ziki, two friends who encourage one another to follow their dreams by going to college and starting careers as young women ...

A Kenyan high court has temporarily lifted the ban on 'Rafiki' a movie about love between two women. The ruling will allow Kenyan adults to view the movie for the first time in the country for just ...

Kenya’s High Court has temporarily lifted the ban of Wanuri Kahiu’s celebrated film Rafiki for a period of seven days, beginning Sunday, September 23rd. The film explores LGBTQ issues in a country ...

Kenyans are turning out en masse to cinemas to watch ‘Rafiki’ a movie about love between two women that was previously banned in the country. The movie which was banned from screening in the country ...

The Kenyan High Court temporarily lifted a ban on Wanuri Kahiu’s film about two girls who fall in love, allowing it to be considered for Best Foreign Language Film. In a windfall for LGBT rights in ...

Ezekiel Mutua, the head of Kenya’s Film Classification Board, didn’t want Kenyans to see Wanuri Kahiu’s internationally acclaimed film Rafiki. After watching the film, I can see why. Mutua’s venomous ...

The Kenyan High Court on Friday temporarily lifted a ban on “Rafiki,” director Wanuri Kahiu’s lesbian coming of age romance, making the film eligible for the 2019 Academy Awards. “I am not convinced ...

A Kenyan judge has temporarily lifted the ban on Wanuri Kahiu’s “Rafiki,” paving the way for the LGBT love story – which premiered in Cannes – to be submitted for the foreign-language Oscar race. In ...

The filmmaker is determined to combat reductive depictions of the African continent. Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu is determined to combat long-standing depictions of the African continent in defeat.

We're going to talk about a new movie out this week called "Rafiki." It's a love story between two teenage girls. And it's based in Kenya, where gay sex is against the law. It's the first Kenyan film ...

The Kenya Film Classification Board has banned a new film titled “Rafiki” due to alleged homosexual theme depicted in its content. Speaking at a Press conference in Kisumu the Chairman Dr. Ezekiel ...