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The Silicon Valley African Film Festival is an annual film event held in California. The festival was founded 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” with starving children and a people ravaged by disease and war," and Nwoffiah intended to change that.

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  • The Silicon Valley African Film Festival is an annual film event held in California. The festival was founded 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” with starving children and a people ravaged by disease and war," and Nwoffiah intended to change that. (en)
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  • The Silicon Valley African Film Festival is an annual film event held in California. The festival was founded 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” with starving children and a people ravaged by disease and war," and Nwoffiah intended to change that. (en)
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  • Silicon Valley African Film Festival (en)
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