Lupita Nyong’o: African stories usually about dictatorship, diseases and wars

Lupita Nyong’o, Kenyan-Mexican actress and Oscar winner, says African stories are often told from the perspective of foreigners.

The Hollywood actress noted that the continent’s stories centre chiefly on dictatorship, wars, and diseases.

In an interview with BBC, Nyong’o explained that ‘Queen of Katwe’, her recently released movie, portrays the African continent in a much more honest light.

She said: “This is a film that stands out because it is all too often that African stories are told from the vantage point of a foreigner or from the view of the animals and when it is African stories, it is often much larger stories, it is of scope of dictators, diseases or war”.

Speaking about the plot of Queen of Katwe, the actress said: “Here we have an intimate story about ordinary people doing the extraordinary thing and that’s meaningful”.

“It is about having more stories that offer us different perspectives and in so doing, we get better understanding of the world we live in”, she added.