"Don't be a fucking victim. The continent is for you to make. That whole thing of the publishers don't, I don't . . . can you link me up with publishers abroad? And I am like, tell me the name of one publisher abroad. You can't be living in the age of Google and cheap internet where you can find out the resources available to you as a young African writer through the social network and other avenues, waiting for your father to make the policy or arrangements for you is immoral. In fact it is evil. It's your job to make it." -- Binyavanga Wainaina
I really love this quote. It articulates exactly what troubles me when people ask me to help them find out about __X__ in __Y__, particularly when X has something to do with film, literature, or the arts, and Y is the United States.
I'm not as much annoyed by the question as baffled that so many folks don't take the initiative to empower themselves with the information available free online. Every university course, publishing house, and film studio of repute has a web presence. If you like, think of Google as the Divine and the search bar as a miracle delivery service. Type: I'd like to make feature films in Accra with grant money. Hit return.
The universe awaits you.
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