Mosunmola Adeojo
Curses, Cycles, and Wounds in Cursed Daughters
What happens when a family believes so deeply in a curse that the belief itself becomes so indistinguishable from the curse? The result of such an occurrence is a devastating yet thoughtfully written portrayal of generational trauma, one in which the shadow the characters spend their lives running from, is as much inherited as it […]
Same Tune, Different Lyrics: A Review of “When I Say Africa”
Reviewer: Mosunmola O. AdeojoDocumentary: When I Say AfricaDirector: Cassandra HerrmanProducers: Cassandra Herrman, Linda Peckham, Kathryn Mathers Africa as backdrop. Africa as a stage. Africa as the set upon which someone else’s life story unfolds, their moral awakening performed, their benevolence practiced. In Cassandra Herrman’s documentary When I Say Africa, we are invited to confront this […]
African Football Under the Western Gaze
Toni Morrison once wrote about the concept of the “other” in her beautiful book titled The Origin of Others. In the book, she writes about how othering is subjugating another person in order to define oneself. She goes on to explain that in order to emphasize the importance of the Self, the Self creates and […]