African storytelling is taking center stage once again — not just as entertainment, but as a powerful tool for identity, history, liberation, and global cultural connection.

On this edition of the Morning Show Conversation Segment, Afia TV spotlights the build-up to the 2026 Abibitumi Abibifahodie Film Festival, an international platform dedicated to celebrating authentic African stories, Black identity, cultural memory, and diaspora connection through film and creative expression.

Joining the conversation is Ọnụọra Abuah, Director of the Abibitumi Film Festival & Conference, as we explore the vision behind one of the most culturally significant African-centered film gatherings bringing together filmmakers, storytellers, scholars, creatives, and audiences from across the continent and the global African diaspora.

Organized by Abibitumi and the Decade of Our Repatriation (DOOR) initiative, the festival is more than a showcase of films — it is a movement rooted in reclaiming African narratives and strengthening connections between Africans on the continent and descendants of Africa across the world.

At a time when global media spaces are increasingly questioning representation, ownership of narratives, and cultural authenticity, the Abibitumi Abibifahodie Film Festival seeks to create a platform where African stories are told by Africans, for Africans, and with the fullness of African identity intact.This conversation examines the growing influence of African cinema, the importance of preserving indigenous stories, and the role film can play in reconnecting communities separated by history, migration, and the transatlantic slave trade.
What kinds of stories are shaping the 2026 edition?How is African cinema evolving beyond stereotypes and survival narratives?And why are festivals like this becoming increasingly important in the global cultural conversation?From heritage and spirituality to resistance, identity, language, migration, and liberation, the festival promises to spotlight films that challenge dominant narratives while celebrating the richness and complexity of African experiences.


As Nollywood, independent African cinema, and diaspora storytelling continue gaining international recognition, platforms like Abibitumi are helping redefine what global African storytelling can look like — bold, rooted, unapologetic, and deeply connected to history.This is more than film.It is memory, identity, culture, and connection projected onto the screen.#abibitumifilmfestival


#africanstorytelling #africancinema #diasporaconnection #abibifahodie #nollywood #afiatv #blackculture #africanfilmfestival #door #panafricanism #filmandculture #creativeafrica #globalafrica #africanidentity

⁣Link Up Podcast — Episode 2 | Featuring Baba Kofi and Mama Abena (The Shakirs)

Hosts: Niara Esi Ìjèawelē Ọmọlará Kwento & Bakari Kwadwo Ọbatayé Kwento

* with an Abibitumi 20 year tribute from Ɛna Nkanyezi *

Akɔaba, Woezɔ, Oɔbaake (welcome) Black to the Link Up Podcast, where we connect with Abibifoɔ (Black People) doing Black powerful work across Abibiman (the Black Land) and the diaspora.

In this episode, we Link Up with Baba Kofi and Mama Abena (The Shakir's) — a Blacktacular couple who share their journey from life in the snakkkes to repatriating home to Ghana. Their story moves through family, community, raised consciousness, the Marcus Garvey influence, Nation of Islam experiences, travel across the Black Land, and the deeper process of (the 4 R's) relocating, repatriating, reclaiming Blackness, and recovering from life inside the “snakkkes”.

This is a conversation about more than moving. It is about coming home, building family infrastructure, recovering humanity, and demonstrating over conversation.

Feel free to share your thoughts, and Link Up!

if you like the music featured during the episode, check out https://www.abibitumi.com/kwento-xpr/

Address by Mr ONUORA ABUA ANTHONY at the 9th Pan-African Congress in LOME .
Theme: "Word to the panafricanists "

📍 Palais des Congrès, Lomé, Togo
🗓 December 8-12, 2025
#panafricancongress #Lomé2025 #africa #panafricanism

Perfect nursery rhyme for every Yoruba child to learn about mother. #mother #iya#rhymes #yoruba #kids

Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Bakari Kambon sits down with Dre Taylor at The Beyond View in Ɔbosomase, Ghana, for a powerful conversation on repatriation, land, development, community-building, and what it means to stop funding the system that oppresses us.This is not just a property tour. This is a conversation between two brothers who “escaped the plantation” and are now focused on demonstration over conversation: building homes, creating community, employing people, supporting local development, and opening pathways for Abibifoɔ serious about repatriation.They discuss Ghana, the Decade of Our Repatriation, Black Power, land, manufacturing, education, identity, miseducation, historical sellouts, and why consciousness without application is not enough.The DOOR is open. Walk through it.Learn more about repatriation support, citizenship, housing, relocation, driver’s licenses, and business setup:https://www.r2gh.com#Repatriation #ghana #blackpower #abibifahodie #decadeofourrepatriation #r2gh #thebeyondview #abibitumi

⁣Link Up Podcast — Episode 1 | Featuring Agya Kwadwo Danmeara Tókunbọ

Hosts: ⁣Niara Esi Ìjèawelē Ọmọlará Kwento & ⁣Bakari Kwadwo Ọbatayé Kwento

with an Abibitumi 20 year tribute from Baba Amn and Sister Nuru

Welcome to the premiere episode of Link Up Podcast, where we connect with Abibifoɔ (Black People) doing Black powerful work across Abibiman (the Black Land) and the diaspora.

In this first episode, we Link Up with Agya Kwadwo Danmeara Tókunbọ — longtime builder, administrator, "the Commissioner", solutionary, and one of the behind-the-scenes forces connected to Abibitumi.

We discuss his personal journey from raised consciousness into raised behavior, the importance of language, repatriation, building independent Black platforms, Sankɔfa Journey experiences, Abibitumi’s 20-year legacy, and what it means to do real work for the Nananom (grandcestors) and future generations.

Feel free to share your thoughts, and Link Up!

#linkuppodcast #abibitumi #kwentoxpr #r2gh #nkwadua #SankɔfaJourney #abibiman #kmt #podcast

Quick recap---This meeting focused on a presentation by Siphiwe Baleka about reparations and African heritage at Langston University, Oklahoma’s only Historical Black College and University (HBCU). Siphiwe discussed the historical roots of the transatlantic slave trade, explaining how the 1452 Dum Diversas papal bull declared war on African peoples and authorized European colonization. He outlined how this legal framework led to the forced removal and enslavement of African ancestors, including those who ended up in Tulsa. The presentation covered the concept of "ethnocide" - the destruction of ancestral identity - and argued that reparations should be framed as war damages rather than just slavery reparations. Siphiwe also discussed the importance of African Ancestry DNA testing to reconnect with ancestral heritage and the possibility of repatriation to African countries. The session included a breakout discussion about making a "sovereign mind switch" to reclaim indigenous legal jurisdiction that predates European systems.SEE: www.balanta.org/news/tulsa-reparations-summit

Our heroes are their enemies and their heroes are our enemies. Who decides which heroes we honor? Who decides what films we will watch? Who decides who we will look up to? Who decides whose statues stand on our campuses, whose stories are told on screen, and whose images shape the minds of our children?In this powerful conversation, Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Bakari Kambon breaks down the politics of soft power, from the Gandhi Must Fall movement at the University of Ghana to the deeper question of why Black people must choose, honor, document, and project our own heroes.This discussion moves through statues, murals, film, Kmt, Nana Amanirenas, Nana Malcolm X, Nana Nat Turner, Nana Yaa Asantewaa, Nana Marcus Garvey, Nana Kwame Nkrumah, Nana Thomas Sankara, Nana Patrice Lumumba, Nana Harriet Tubman, Nana Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and the ongoing work of building institutions that tell our stories for ourselves.The message is clear: those who control images control minds. If we want our stories told truthfully, we must document our own grandmothers, grandfathers, artists, builders, freedom fighters, healers, teachers, and visionaries.Learn more about the mural project: https://www.abibitumi.com/traoreLearn more about repatriation support:https://www.r2gh.comWatch and upload Black-centered content:https://www.abibitumitv.comJoin the Abibitumi community:https://www.abibitumi.comTopics covered:Gandhi Must Fall, soft power, statues, Black heroes, Abibifahodie Film Festival, Ibrahim Traoré mural, Black storytelling, Kmt, Abibitumi, repatriation, documentaries, Ghana, Burkina Faso, cultural memory, and why we must give our people their flowers while they are still here.Hashtags:#abibitumi #blackpower #abibifahodie #gandhimustfall #blackheroes #africanfilm #ghana #burkinafaso #repatriation #blackstorytelling #softpower #kmt #abibitumitv

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Kamalu: Legend of Amadioha | ⚡️

What happens when an ancient legend becomes your reality?
Meet Kalu, a young man discovering extraordinary powers hidden within him. But his journey didn’t start here. We take you 15 years back to Ozuzu Village, where a powerful prophecy was born.
The God of Thunder, Amadioha, has been reborn, and not everyone is happy about it. As Kalu grapples with his new identity, a dark threat from the past looms over his future.

Join us on this epic journey of power, betrayal, and African mythology.
✨ Experience the legend.
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#amadioha #africanmythology #superpowerorigin #aianimation #nollywood #fantasyseries #kamalu #africanlegends #thundergod

Kwento xpr ⁣congratulates Abibitumi for 20 years of specBlackular work

Gil Noble being honest about his initial thoughts on Nana Omowale Malcolm X and the reason why he had said thoughts -- within the larger context of whitenization .

⁣Sankofa Journey Interest Meeting March 29, 2026

The Truth Unfiltered: Rhonda Sekhmet Ra Unleashes Divine Poetry & Spoken Word #spiritualawakening #liberation #spokenwordpower #revolutionarypoetry #speakyourlight #poetryasresistance #wordasweapon #poetictruth



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11:04 –🕯️Healing as Liberation: Returning to Our Power
24:58 – 🕰️Lifelong Learning: Walking in Your Divine Assignment
28:24 –🔦When the Work Feels Too Much: Ancestral Grief and the Will to Continue
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33:03 –📜 From Dialogue to Poetry: The Spoken Word Transition
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42:39 – 🔥 Children of the Sun: It’s Time to Rise Again
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49:50 – 🔦 Reya’sekhmet Speaks The Truth About Trauma: Your Light Still Belongs to You
51:19 –📜 Movement, Leadership & Digital Sovereignty
57:00 – 🗣️Her Name Has a Story: The Meaning Behind The Name Rhonda Sekhmet Ra
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1:09:58 – 🔦 Reya’sekhmet’s Closing Parable: We Are The Rebirth of Asar, AuSet & Heru
1:11:10 – 🌌 Future Plans and Book Resource Recommendations
1:16:10– 📚 New Book Alert: The Magical Adventures of Ra’Lena (Rise of the Flame)
1:18:14 –📚 The Call to GET OUT: Rhonda Sekhmet Ra’s Spoken Word Charge
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⁣Part 9: Kambon Kantanka Conversations: Prayer, Libation and T.E.R.M.S.

⁣Build Ghana_ Advice for Black People Visiting! #shorts