Silicon Valley African Film Festival
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Silicon Valley African Film Festival
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The Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) is an annual film festival held in California to promote an understanding and appreciation of Africa and Africans through moving images. Nigerian filmmaker Chike Nwoffiah founded the SVAFF in 2010 and has served as its director since. According to Nwoffiah, "People’s understanding of Africa was limited to the Tarzan narratives of Africa as backward, untamed and uncivilized. Those who thought they knew better, at best, saw Africa as a 'country' wit
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Annual film festival in California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_African_Film_Festival
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2023-03-31T22:17:02Z
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