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Out of Africa’s doomed romance, set against the backdrop of stunning Kenyan landscapes, was among the top box office draws in 1985.
It tells the story of a Danish aristocrat who travels to Kenya in the run-up to World War One to set up a coffee farm in Kenya with her philandering husband.
But does the portrayal of black Africans in the adaption of Baroness Karen Blixen's autobiography glamorise colonialism?
Join Barbara Angopa and Amaka Ugwunkwo in this Hollywood Africans two-parter on Apple podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. 🎧
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