Women's History Month at the African Women in Cinema Blog: African women addressing mental health issues in Africa and throughout the African Diaspora

 

Women's History Month at the African Women in Cinema Blog

African women addressing mental health issues in Africa and throughout the African Diaspora 

A selection of articles on the African Women in Cinema Blog regarding African women addressing mental health issues in Africa and throughout the African Diaspora: 

#Alzheimers

Karima Saidi: Dans la maison | A Way Home

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2021/04/artetv-karima-saidi-dans-la-maison-way.html

#anxiety

Aisha Jama: Neefso | Breathe

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2020/08/recent-films-aisha-jama-neefso-breathe.html

#autism

Noelle Kenmoe: Deux avril

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2021/01/raising-awareness-noelle-kenmoes-deux.html

#bipolar

Ledet Muleta: Chula

http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2016/07/producer-ledet-muleta-launches.html

#PTSD

Alice Diop: On Call

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2016/04/alice-diop-la-permanence-on-call.html

#PTSD

Rumba Katedza: Asylum

http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2012/02/conversation-with-rumbi-katedza.html

 

#dementia #caregiving

Mmabatho Montsho: Desmond doesn't live here anymore

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2022/02/mmabatho-montsho-desmonds-not-here.html

#postpartum #depression

Nora Awolowo: Baby Blues

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2021/10/nora-awolowo-baby-blues.html

#schizophrenia

Yveline Nathalie Pontalier : Le marechalat du roi-Dieu | The Marshal of the God-king

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2013/02/fespaco-2013-yveline-nathalie-pontalier.html

#mentalillness

Maïmouna Ndiaye: Le fou, le génie et le sage (The crazy, the genius, the sage)

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/02/fespaco-2019-le-fou-le-genie-et-le-sage.html

 

Hawa Aliou Ndiaye : Kuma!

#rehabilitation

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2020/02/festival-films-femmes-afrique-2020-hawa.html

 

Mai Mustafa Ekhou: It's not over yet

#storytelling

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2020/05/recent-films-mai-mustafa-ekhou-its-not.html