DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the film's funders and/or partners. Fid Q, Kiswahili narrator for "It's About the People", engages young men through hip hop. 'Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter' - African proverb. This is a quote I learned from a young spoken word artist I work with named Sor� Agbaje. While it undeniably conveys her personal motivation for writing, to me it also reflects an important aspect of the global HIV pandemic and the quest to end AIDS -- that until those most at risk for infection have the full opportunity to make their choices known, their narratives may be overwritten by those...
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