Narrative sovereignty is weakened when an audience feels that something is wrong but lacks language to identify the structure producing that feeling.
The Abibitumi Abibifahodie Film Festival 2026 begins October 16 in Accra. Prepare four terms: power, framing, memory, and continuity. During a film, ask who exercises each and whether the story leaves Black people with greater capacity to define and build.
Precise naming moves discussion from preference to diagnosis—and from diagnosis toward institutions capable of supporting our own production and circulation.
