Wanuri Kahiu is suing the film board in Kenya to lift ban placed on the movie, ''Rafiki'' to make way for Oscar submission. Wanuri Kahiu, Kenyan filmmaker is fighting for the ban on her film to be ...

The film Rafiki is a charming love story that plays out in urban Kenya. It follows two teenage girls whose close friendship slowly turns into first love. Directed by rising filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu, it ...

'Rafiki' is aiming at nabbing the foreign-language Oscar award alongside other movies from around the world after a ban on the film was lifted. The legal battle on 'Rafiki' became a global knowledge ...

It was a quick turnaround for No. 5 Oregon softball (2-3) on Sunday morning. After a battle against the University of Tennessee that ended in... Queerness in Kenya is punishable by up to 14 years in ...

Gibson Ncube receives funding from the National Research Foundation (South Africa). On 23 January 2026, after an eight-year legal campaign by the film producers, the Kenyan Court of Appeals ruled that ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Kenyan film ‘Rafiki’ has missed out on Oscar nominations. The controversial movie had ...

Let me tell you why Kenya Film Classification Board CEO Ezekiel Mutua – thankfully not my relative – isn’t my rafiki (friend) at all. Dr Mutua is a man of bombast. In fact, he’s more Christian than ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan director of a movie banned in her home country for telling the love story of two women has filed a lawsuit seeking to lift the bar so it can be considered for the ...