Africa still negatively portrayed in Film

Dr Hodan Osman Abdi right with British filmmaker Agnieszka on the side walks of the China Africa conference in Stone Town Zanzibar

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The former ZIFF festival Director Prof Martin Mhando at the two-day China Africa film and television  conference in Stone Town discussed on the way media in other parts of the world portray Africa has attracted Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) 2017 attention.

Dr Zhang Yong said it was rather unfortunate that these and that is why they find

As the second China-Africa Film and Television conference, the first was held in China two years ago and another is set for next year to display the importance as film makers to have these conversations on the continued perceptions of each other’s people.