Unmasking homophobia in Cameroon | DW Documentary
Unmasking homophobia in Cameroon | DW Documentary
In Cameroon, homosexuality is a criminal offense. In 2013, the journalist and gay rights activist Eric Lembembe was murdered. A Cameroonian filmmaker who knew him sets out to explore the roots of homophobia in his home nation.
Eric Lembembe was tortured and murdered because he was gay. His killing was not an isolated case. The straight…
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Appolain YOURE A HERO
Why that Cameroonian female LGBT-activist has the Genocide flag in her office?? Why is she in Cameroon displaying a flag of another "country" in her office, instead of the Cameroonian flag? Does she, a black person, not know that the Ethiopian Jewish women were forcibly sterilised even in 2013, by that same israhell she is promoting here, just because their skin is black? – I'm a part of LGBTIAQ-community in Germany, but I absolutely can't, don't and will never support this Cameroonian black zionist – because she is supporting the Genocide, colonisation, Apartheid, land-grabbing… against millions of Palestinians. She gets her payment from the white zionists, under the pinkwashing label?
Il y a un trés grave problème pour le réalisateur de ce film: il ne sera jamais considéré comme allemand par le gouvernement et le peuple allemand. En même temp il a immédiatement été rejeté et renié par sa famille et tout son village. Donc il est aussi devenu un étranger dans son propre pays et vient de perdre sa famille. Quel sera son destin?
Thank God , I was born in France….🙏
I am a white westerner who believes that Africa needs to stay strong and resist the efforts of the West to stick our noses in and demand that Africa "progresses" to tolerate all the LGBTQ+ nonsense that we now have in the West. I also don't believe that Africa in general was tolerant of homosexuality before Colonialism. Perhaps a few small tribal groups could have been to varying extents, but most were not. Additionally, Christianity was already spreading in Africa before Colonialism. Since the dawn of humankind, most tribes and civilizations have been able to see for themselves that homosexuality is against the human design, and the obvious truth that male and female are what inherently define what sexual and romantic love is at its essence. Homosexuality is fundamentally of an incorrectly ordered nature. Essentially, it is based on a fundamental lie. It has no intrinsic truth or meaning to itself.
When will dw make a documentary about homophobia in the middle east aka the muslim world? NEVER, because the germans still want their cars pumped lol
I do not condone violence however, the west needs to keep their culture and way of life out of Africa or keep it to themselves. Why do they always try to implement their culture and way of life to others?
Africans are polygamist but we don’t sell it to others nor do we even ask others to do the same. In the west you’re be jailed for Marrying more than one wife, why? Because it not their culture and we respect that. But they want us to respect their culture and will go to any length to promote it.
Make a documentary also of how Europe is hunting down polygamist. You Devils!
Deutsche Welle sie Verdienen eine Auszeichnung fur lhre brillante Arbeit.
Gott sei dank..
A timely and heartfelt exploration, my very best to all involved, thank you ❤
What!!!!! A human this that to another human??? My god!!!!!
I never see this kind of documentaries in the Arab world or china.its always in Africa where they are trying to promote it.we have said no to homosexuality white man what part of no are u not getting?
Please translate it to arabic
And crazy people in the west who are trying to force and shove their gender ideologies to other people (especially children) will add fuel to the fire.
I applaud the lady fighting for basic human rights, but am I the only one sitting mouth agape about the practices of the Bafia? What did he just describe? Uncles 'teaching' nephews? Aunt teaching nieces? There's a name for this and it's not culture! That is an absolute anomaly (If true). Africa is NOT a monolith; stop cherry picking obscure practises to prove your point. You stand to lose a lot insisting on this lie that we (I'm a Nigerian) were a bastion of sexual liberalism before the White man came and imposed evil on us. I find it incredibly patronizing. You can hardly find an African society were people kiss on the streets, we are a generally conservative people.
What if the father of the journalist killed a homosexual before or had sexual encounter with a man hence the behaviour? His behaviour dont make sense. It is extreme.
It is mind boggling that somewhere in the world even in nowadays people think and live like they’re in year 1700. Barbaric and non educated people. Guy, that didn’t hurt anyone, who looks like was a wonderful person, had to die because of monsters without a brain.
En tant que camerounaise, ce reportage m'a beaucoup émue.
Organized religion brought in by European and Arabic colonizers helped to destroy Black civilization in the African diaspora.
Danke DW. Will be showing this in school. ALL HUMAN BEINGS NEED TO SEE THIS! 😡
Écoutez très bien! Ne laissez pas vos coeur être manipulé par ce documentaire, nous restons ferme quand à nos valeurs, l’état n’as jamais encouragé la violence physique sur les personnes ( même de ce type). Maître Alice kom peut importe sa carrière fait parti de ceux là qui veulent travestir le cadre social de notre pays! Notre devoir est celui de l’amélioration de nos conditions de vie, de la marche vers une économie inclusive et d’une démocratie effective. Je suis désolé mais le problème des personnes lgbt n’est pas notre priorité, c’est une vision occidentale et je trouve ça insultant ce point de vue sur les Bafia!
Every culture have their own beliefs and practices…no need to enforce your ways on others. Respect should be both ways, if they don't impose their anti-homosexual practices to your society, don't enforce your pro-homosexual beliefs on them. SIMPLE!
You can disagree with someone’s lifestyle without resorting to killing them like animals. Let them do what they want to. It has nothing to do with you.
I blame Western religion and colonialism
So sad and heartbreaking!
the idea that homophobia in africa only exists because of westerners, is just laughable.
As a fellow african, it's so heartbreaking to see that we treat other africans like animals because of their different sexuality and yet we tell ourselves to love one another 😢💔
WOW!
Thanks for sharing this powerful film. RIP to the young men
In Arab counties, Homosexuality is pusnish with death by hanging, but never you will see western media go there to controverse that. Why western don't do documentaries on the homophobia in Arab countries? All of this can be easily done in Africa because we depend on Western aid. If not, if we were independent countries, we know that they'll have never been admitted there.
Powerful and sadly heartbreaking!
What an amazing film, and a good reminder that too often people need to sacrifice a lot to tackle the truth. I admire the director in his determination of not only investigating the topic , but also finishing the film in spite of the huge sacrifices he had to make.
A very touching documentary as an africa , I am ashamed that development is only in the size of the buildings we want to build and not the Mindset.. Tradition cannot only have space when its comes to opress others.. I thank every Human that participated in this Documentary with a bright light to what Human Being and Human rights should stand for .. And if you are an African facing any oppression due to your natural being take heart and stand up for yourself in every way you can even if it means to lose life while doing it.. sometimes we need to plant seed that we will probably not get to see grow but it will Grow ! May the beautiful Soul of Mr Lambert Marc Lamba rest in Eternal Peace
The way eric was killed wtfffff
How does that guy ask his father about homosexuality, an African dad wont even understand what ure talking about, societies in Africa do not accept the practice which is considered normal in the West, although its not Ok to kill, but the west is pushing the agenda in Africa and its not acceptable
I’d love to know how those that view providing an offspring as the purpose for being views starving and abused children. Not everyone is meant to produce, nor should everyone. The argument is always centered around homosexuality being wrong because of procreation. But that leaves out barren individuals and many others. Just say it’s a lack of understanding (ignorance) of difference and different scares you. Try making sure that the country can provide for those already living instead of focusing on brining more lives into poverty.
What a powerful documentary
It must be hard to loose anyone in that way..I can relate to his frind and the beginning if the show saying hiw they use to make fun of the ' softer guys ' we did the same thing growing uo in the 70s in the Caribbean and I believe it still happens today …if you really want to insult a male in the country I am in you called him a homosexual calling then by the local word we use to. At rhe end if the day it is very unfortunate, that is why i often say humans are just another group of amimals casue we certainly can behave like them.
Absolutely horrible.
Homosexuality has always been around and so has acting immorally, stealing, murdering and the list of sinful behaviour is very long. Just because something has been around a long time doesn't make it morally right. It's never right to do wrong in the name of being right. Jesus taught that we are to love the sinner but hate the sin.