Society & Culture
The social movement Black Lives Matter - BLM - was started to highlight racial discrimination in the USA. But some young African activists think we need a #BLM movement in Africa too. Host Claude Grunitzky talks to activists in Senegal, Ghana and South Africa and asks them why BLM matters to them - and to Africa.Ernesto Yeboah, the founder and commander in chief of the Economic Fighters League (EFL), an anti-corruption movement in Ghana. He organized a vigil in solidarity with BLM, following the murder of George Floyd. Wise Bayano, an artist from Senegal and one of the three founders of Africa for Black Lives. It’s a social media movement started in Dakar to show solidarity with the activism in the US.Dimpho Legkeu who is actually one of our producers here at the Limitless podcast. She kept a BLM banner on her social media profiles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.