Det Osynliga Folket

Diakité’s unique historical document, made together with Gary Engman and Nordal Åkerman, records the precarious living conditions of foreign students, immigrants, and in particular the African diaspora in southern Sweden in the ‘70s. Together with For Personal Reasons, we are screening the film to spotlight Diakité’s important but often forgotten work.

Madubuko Diakité is a Human Rights lawyer, writer, and documentary filmmaker born in 1940. In 1968, he moved from the USA to Sweden to study filmmaking and pursue a Ph.D. In 1992, he earned a Licentiate in Law at Lund University. Since then, he has researched Human Rights at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund and has been active in anti-discrimination organizations in Sweden. He has published articles on film and human rights law for several international publications and has headed several projects on the rights of people of African descent.