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CC contributor (French): Vanessa Marion
About the video:
Sankofa: Voices of the Rastafari from Ethiopia is one, out of the two films that came out of my research on the life of the Rastafari in Ethiopia. The research is conducted for Research Masters in African Studies at Leiden University through a collaboration of the researcher, Mahlet Ayele Beyecha and Voice4Thought, an academic platform based in Netherlands that promotes a multimedia research works.
This video exhibits on the reflection of Mahlet Ayele Beyecha's journey on visually recording the research and its advantage, while the second one (soon to come) is strictly based on the order of the chapters in the thesis of the research. The latter is also my demonstration that researches can be told trhough film.
Through the mirror of voices of the Rastafari from Ethiopia, the researcher reflect on her own family challenge; in upbringing dreadlocks children. Mahlet further explains how to set a boundary between the insider and outsider position she has on the research. She unapologetically embraces her activist and researcher stance on Rastafari.
About the channel:
Connect Africa youtube channel is developed in the interest of closing a gap between Africans in the diaspora and Africans at home. The videos in the channel feature research based videos and interviews conducted by the host and founder of the channel, Mahlet Ayele Beyecha- Research MA, African Studies and MA in Middle Eastern Studies.
The channel is created in the view of the need to create a common platform for dialogue and understanding of the dynamic of social, cultural and political issues in Africa by Africans origin and people of other race.
