Film Screening of "Bigger than Africa"

"The United Nations Remember Slavery Programme hosts a discussion and a screening of the film "Bigger than Africa" in partnership with the International Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024. The film tells the story of how the Yoruba culture survived suppression during the transatlantic slave trade and remained prominent in the New World. Nigerian-born film director Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye will introduce the film and participate in a discussion following the film.
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, speaks after the screening of the film.
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