The emotion is palpable
I am literally
moved to tears with great emotion anytime I watch this short film, the episode of New
Dawn with Funmi in 2004 on Nigerian television where a young man Bisi Alimi came out as
a gay man during a daytime live broadcast.
The event changed
the lives of these people, Funmi Iyanda’s show was taken off-air the next day
and Bisi Alimi came within inches of being murdered in Nigeria.
Things ought not to
be so, but that is the kind of society that led Bisi Alimi to flee Nigeria and
gain asylum for himself in the United Kingdom.
A man of great conviction
Since then, Bisi
Alimi has been a vocal and efficacious activist for the rights of gay black
men, their access to services and treatments and finding a platform from which
gay black men can be proud to be who they are and live without fear or threat
to their lives, contributing to society as any good citizen.
Bisi Alimi is in
great demand to speak around the world not only on his experiences but on
policy, advocacy, human rights and other socio-economic factors that affect gay
men of colour all around the world.
He has met
representatives and heads of government in Europe, Africa and the Americas
challenging people to think different, get involved and speak up for rights,
fairness and justice – he is an amazing, jovial, friendly and wonderful human-being
– you cannot but be touched by his force of personality which is for good and
for right.
Please Vote
This story is told
in a documentary entered for the PBS Online Film Festival - Episode: 2013 Festival | Asylum -
Bisi
Thank you.
1 comment:
Voted Akin, I hope he wins :)
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