Africa Business Radio

A report published by Unesco shows that Filmmakers in at least 47 African countries say they face restrictions on what topics they are allowed to cover in their work, The report says Subjects like LGBTQ rights, sex, religion, politics, conflict and ethnicity are often better avoided when not completely banned.It says such limits have an impact on the quality of work film creators produce. The report also highlighted gender inequality in the film and audio-visual industries on the continent, with the largest disparity seen in central Africa where 98% of practitioners estimate that the percentage of women in the sector is less than 10%.It also cited Nigeria as a country where the sector is dominated by female producers.