Film: Maafa 21 (University of Ghana – Institute of African Studies Film Festival)

 
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Maafa 21

23 November 2017

Director: Mark Crutcher

They were stolen from their homes, locked in chains and taken across an ocean. And for more than 200 years, their blood and sweat would help to build the richest and most powerful nation the world has ever known. But WHEN SLAVERY ENDED, THEIR WELCOME WAS OVER. America’s wealthy elite had decided it was time for them to disappear and they were not particular about how it might be done. What you are about to see is that the plan these people set in motion 150 years ago is still being carried out today. So, DON’T THINK THAT THIS IS HISTORY. IT IS NOT. IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE, AND IT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

Maafa 21 traces eugenic thoughts and practices that have been set against African Americans from the time of slavery through the present.

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE

• Date:                     Thursday, 23 November 2017
• Time:                     5:00 PM
• Venue:                   Institute of African Studies, Kwame Nkrumah Complex, JH Nketia Conference Hall
• Address:                 University of Ghana Legon, Accra
• Price:                     FREE!