You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum!

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"Hunt for Successor 8: Zambian Intellectuals are Lazy" [1] is a controversial article written by Field Ruwe, a Zambian-American writer. It was published on January 13, 2012 and subsequently updated on January 16, 2012 on UKZAMBIANS, a Zambian news and lifestyle magazine. [1]

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It was later retitled "You lazy (Intellectual) African Scum!" [2] by Ghanaian-American novelist and blogger Malaka Grant, [3] appearing in her blog "Mind of Malaka" on 18 January 2012, and subsequently went viral, being re-posted on other blogs and online forums.

Synopsis

It tells the story of a conversation between an African man and a Caucasian man on board a commercial aircraft. In their conversation, Walter blames the "intellectuals" for the deplorable state of Africa.

Movie adaptation

The article was adapted into a short film titled Intellectual Scum [4] in 2015 which won a Judges Choice Award at the 2015 Slum Film festival, Kenya. [5] It was nominated for the Best Feature by a student award at the Kalasha Film and Television awards 2015, Kenya. [6] and also screened at the 2015 Africa international film festival, 2015. Nigeria (Student shorts film category). [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Field Ruwe (13 January 2012). "Hunt for Successor 8: Zambian Intellectuals are Lazy". UKZAMBIANS. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017.
  2. Ruwe, Fields (18 January 2012). "You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum!". www.mindofmalaka.com/. Malaka Grant. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  3. Malaka (24 February 2015). "Lazy Intellectual African Scum Revisited". Mind of Malaka. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. Kevin, Njue; Corder, Jason; Mwatela, Mkamzee Chao; Oketch, Patrick (1 October 2015), Intellectual Scum , retrieved 2 January 2017
  5. admin. "Winning Entries". The Slum Film Festival. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. Kenya film commission, Kalasha International. "KALASHA FILM AND TELEVISION AWARDS 2015 -LIST OF NOMINEES" (PDF). www.kenyafilmcommission.com/. Kenya Film Commission. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  7. "2015 Film Programme guide" (PDF). www.afriff.com/. Africa International Film Festival. Retrieved 2 January 2017.