Africa

Subverting the “Otherized” Gaze through Mockumentaries

By Shreeti Shubham / Issue 48, Otherwise, Magazine / 9 minutes of reading / Africa, Belonging, Humour, identity, India, Mocumentary, Otherization, Otherwise, Postcolonial, Race, Satire

Satirical videos or mockumentaries (films) often challenge the ‘otherized’ gaze and question the so-called ‘truths’ presented by colonial and post-colonial narratives, exposing a mode of representation that has shaped not only Africa but also Asia.

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“I Know It’s in the Blood”: Critical Reflections on Kinship and Inequitable Consciousness

By Ramon K. Lee / Issue 40, Blood, Magazine / 13 minutes of reading / Africa, Blood, identity, Kinship, Mbembe, Race, U.S.

Blood involves desires to control and dictate responsibility, rooted in the relatedness of one person to the next. But why does one drop of non-White blood automatically identify you with a lesser race?

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Africa

Subverting the “Otherized” Gaze through Mockumentaries

“I Know It’s in the Blood”: Critical Reflections on Kinship and Inequitable Consciousness

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