Bigger Than Africa will expose international audiences to the historical influence of Yoruba culture and how it has transcended across continents and connected the Black diaspora.<\/p>\n
Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye, the director says, \u201cI hope it becomes a unifying documentary for all people of African descent irrespective of their countries. It\u2019s a film that uniquely tells the stories of our commonalities rather than our differences.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bigger Than Africa dives in to how the Yoruba culture of West Africa survived and transcended slavery beyond imagination to remain alive till this day in the New World. It\u2019s a piece that takes you on a journey of 6 countries: Brazil, the United States, Cuba, Nigeria, Trinidad & Tobago, and the Republic of Benin.<\/p>\n
Bigger Than Africa will expose international audiences to the historical influence of Yoruba culture and how it has transcended across continents and connected the Black diaspora.<\/p>\n
Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye, the director says, \u201cI hope it becomes a unifying documentary for all people of African descent irrespective of their countries. It\u2019s a film that uniquely tells the stories of our commonalities rather than our differences.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bigger Than Africa dives in to how the Yoruba culture of West Africa survived and transcended slavery beyond imagination to remain alive till this day in the New World. It\u2019s a piece that takes you on a journey of 6 countries: Brazil, the United States, Cuba, Nigeria, Trinidad & Tobago, and the Republic of Benin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
African filmmaker Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye\u2019s first feature documentary film, Bigger Than Africa, is scheduled to premiere on global streaming platform, Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":7460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,12,2],"tags":[7,30,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-7463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-featured","10":"tag-apie-project","11":"tag-culture","12":"tag-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"\n