Black Earth Rising and Queen Sono: A Critical Decolonial Analysis
In this article two series are analyzed: Black Earth Rising (a BBC/Netflix production) and Queen Sono (the first African Netflix original series), shows that are about African realities from an African perspective (Rwanda in Black Earth Rising and South Africa in Queen Sono). The findings in this ar...
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| description | In this article two series are analyzed: Black Earth Rising (a BBC/Netflix production) and Queen Sono (the first African Netflix original series), shows that are about African realities from an African perspective (Rwanda in Black Earth Rising and South Africa in Queen Sono). The findings in this article show that both series address social and political issues such as neocolonialism, neoextractivism, internal colonialism, racism, inequality, justice, self-determination, corruption, violence, peace, memory, necropolitics, mental health, and decoloniality. I also argue that the shows could be used as pedagogical tools to raise critical consciousness in a wide public regarding the social and political issues addressed. The research in this article has been conducted with a qualitative methodology, using both shows as case studies and using content analysis and bibliographical research. The analysis of the series is based in the discussion of critical theory and decoloniality approaches and authors, especially from Latin America and Africa. Furthermore, the analysis of popular media (such as series) is a relevant effort to decolonize knowledge, using alternative and non-academic sources to produce and socialize knowledge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8da9f9fcaba41f18e4d653bc859d3a02022-12-22T03:51:07ZengDe GruyterOpen Philosophy2543-88752021-12-015111813510.1515/opphil-2020-0174Black Earth Rising and Queen Sono: A Critical Decolonial AnalysisMárquez Duarte Fernando David0Department of Political Science, University of California Riverside (UCR), Riverside, USAIn this article two series are analyzed: Black Earth Rising (a BBC/Netflix production) and Queen Sono (the first African Netflix original series), shows that are about African realities from an African perspective (Rwanda in Black Earth Rising and South Africa in Queen Sono). The findings in this article show that both series address social and political issues such as neocolonialism, neoextractivism, internal colonialism, racism, inequality, justice, self-determination, corruption, violence, peace, memory, necropolitics, mental health, and decoloniality. I also argue that the shows could be used as pedagogical tools to raise critical consciousness in a wide public regarding the social and political issues addressed. The research in this article has been conducted with a qualitative methodology, using both shows as case studies and using content analysis and bibliographical research. The analysis of the series is based in the discussion of critical theory and decoloniality approaches and authors, especially from Latin America and Africa. Furthermore, the analysis of popular media (such as series) is a relevant effort to decolonize knowledge, using alternative and non-academic sources to produce and socialize knowledge.https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2020-0174decolonialityafricaneocolonialismshowsrwandasouth africa |
| spellingShingle | Márquez Duarte Fernando David Black Earth Rising and Queen Sono: A Critical Decolonial Analysis Open Philosophy decoloniality africa neocolonialism shows rwanda south africa |
| title | Black Earth Rising and Queen Sono: A Critical Decolonial Analysis |
| title_full | Black Earth Rising and Queen Sono: A Critical Decolonial Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Black Earth Rising and Queen Sono: A Critical Decolonial Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Black Earth Rising and Queen Sono: A Critical Decolonial Analysis |
| title_short | Black Earth Rising and Queen Sono: A Critical Decolonial Analysis |
| title_sort | black earth rising and queen sono a critical decolonial analysis |
| topic | decoloniality africa neocolonialism shows rwanda south africa |
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