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‘IT'S A DIAMOND MINE!’

YOU FEEL A DEEPLY INSPIRING AND IMMERSIVE connection with Africa every time you speak with Arunma Oteh. And when the reason for this conversation is the 120th anniversary of the Royal African Society, which this Nigerian trailblazer now chairs, it's a delightful confluence and celebration of all things African.

“I'm just fascinated by our origin and who we are,” begins Oteh about the Society on a Zoom call from London a day after the biennial festival – 48 films across seven venues in the city from 28 October to 6 November – held alongside the celebrations. Endless weeks of work and late nights have gone into putting it

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