You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum!

Initially titled "Hunt for Successor 8: Zambian Intellectuals are Lazy"[1] was a controversial article written by Field Ruwe a Zambian-American writer and published on January 13, 2012 and subsequently updated on January 16, 2012 on UKZAMBIANS, a Zambian News & 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

It tells the story of a conversation between an African man and a Caucasian man on board a commercial airplane. In their conversation, Walter blames the ‘Intellectuals’ for the deplorable state Africa was in.

Movie Adaptation

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
  1. "Hunt for Successor 8: Zambian Intellectuals are Lazy". UKZAMBIANS. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. Ruwe, Fields (18 January 2012). "You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum!". www.mindofmalaka.com/. Malaka Grant. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  3. Malaka (24 February 2015). "Lazy Intellectual African Scum Revisited". Mind of Malaka. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. Kevin, Njue; Corder, Jason; Mwatela, Mkamzee Chao; Oketch, Patrick (1 October 2015), Intellectual Scum, retrieved 2 January 2017
  5. admin. "Winning Entries". The Slum Film Festival. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. 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.
  7. "2015 Film Programme guide" (PDF). www.afriff.com/. Africa International Film Festival. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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