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[Thread] Afrocentrist Sub-Saharan / Afro-American cultural appropriation to the detriment of North Africans in cinema 
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This thread aims to denounce Western and Afrocentrist Anti-North African propaganda.
This propaganda illegitimately replaces North African characters with Sub-Saharan characters in their films with the conscious or unconscious aim of erasing them.
This propaganda illegitimately replaces North African characters with Sub-Saharan characters in their films with the conscious or unconscious aim of erasing them.
1. Gladiatior :
Numidian Juba is replaced by an African-American Beninese.
Numidian from the movie / True Numidian :
Numidian Juba is replaced by an African-American Beninese.
Numidian from the movie / True Numidian :
2. Barbarians Rising :
Hannibal, the Carthaginian, is replaced by an African-American.
Hannibal from the movie / True Hannibal :
Hannibal, the Carthaginian, is replaced by an African-American.
Hannibal from the movie / True Hannibal :
3. Vikings :
The Moors are replaced there by African Americans.
Moors from the movie / True Moors :
The Moors are replaced there by African Americans.
Moors from the movie / True Moors :
4. Othello :
Othello, the Moor of Venice, once again replaced by a Sub-Saharan.
Othello from the movie / True Othello :
Othello, the Moor of Venice, once again replaced by a Sub-Saharan.
Othello from the movie / True Othello :
5. Intouchables :
The Algerian Abdel Sellou, Phillipe's life assistant, still replaced by a Sub-Saharan in his cinematographic reproduction.
Assistant from the movie / True Assistant :
The Algerian Abdel Sellou, Phillipe's life assistant, still replaced by a Sub-Saharan in his cinematographic reproduction.
Assistant from the movie / True Assistant :
6. Ascension :
Nadir Dendoune, an Algerian who climbs Everest, replaced in the cinematographic reproduction by Ahmed Sylla, a Senegalese.
Character from the movie / True Character :
Nadir Dendoune, an Algerian who climbs Everest, replaced in the cinematographic reproduction by Ahmed Sylla, a Senegalese.
Character from the movie / True Character :
As you can see, whether they are old or contemporary historical figures, North Africans are constantly replaced by Sub-Saharans in the cinema.