A Kenyan court has decided to continue a ban in the country on the film Rafiki, which portrays a romance between two young Kenyan women, Reuters has reported.
Rafiki – ‘friend’ in Kiswahili – was first banned by the Kenya Film Classification Board in April 2018 on the grounds that it promotes homosexuality in a country where it is largely illegal.
In Kenya, gay sex is a criminal offence, same-sex marriage is banned, and there are no explicit protections against discrimination on the basis of