You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum!
"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]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Field Ruwe (13 January 2012). "Hunt for Successor 8: Zambian Intellectuals are Lazy". UKZAMBIANS. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017.
- ^ Ruwe, Fields (18 January 2012). "You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum!". www.mindofmalaka.com/. Malaka Grant. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ Malaka (24 February 2015). "Lazy Intellectual African Scum Revisited". Mind of Malaka. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ Kevin, Njue; Corder, Jason; Mwatela, Mkamzee Chao; Oketch, Patrick (1 October 2015), Intellectual Scum, retrieved 2 January 2017
- ^ admin. "Winning Entries". The Slum Film Festival. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2015 Film Programme guide" (PDF). www.afriff.com/. Africa International Film Festival. Retrieved 2 January 2017.