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African folktales reimagined by Netflix

A scene from the Kenyan film Anyango and The Ogre. Photo/courtesy

If you have been following African film for the past week, you have indeed heard about six short films that streaming site, Netflix, released on Wednesday 29. The films were selected from 2,000 entries in 2022 when Netflix announced a competition in collaboration with Unesco. The collaboration was to sponsor six up and coming African filmmakers to tell ancient stories, folktales and mythologies among others with a fresh thought, angle or totally retooling the narrative for an audience today.

The  stories were selected from the pack coming from filmmakers, Korede Azeez (Nigeria), Voline Ogutu (Kenya), Mohamed Echkouna (Mauritania), Walter Mzengi (Tanzania), Gcobisa Yako (South Africa), and Loukman Ali (Uganda).

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