Hollywood Africans
Hosted by award-winning journalist Barbara Angopa and filmmaker Amaka Ugwunkwo, Hollywood Africans reframes the lives of misunderstood characters in the movies.
Silenced, underestimated, objectified, infantilised and vilified Africans on film get their podcast remake.
Barbara and Amaka weave in their personal experience, current affairs and social context to reimagine motives and devise alternative plots.
Hollywood Africans
The Last King of Scotland - Part 1
Mercurial and Malignant or misunderstood?
During a medical mission to Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan becomes the personal physician and close confidante of President Idi Amin.
But Garrigan soon realises that he’s become complicit in atrocities in a murderous regime and tries to escape…
But does the Last King of Scotland promote stereotypes about African leaders?
Welcome to Hollywood Africans, the podcast which reframes, recasts and remakes Africa and Africans in the movies.
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Hosts: Barbara Angopa and Amaka Ugwunkwo
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