Africa Is a Country

'For the Africans in the Diaspora'

'For the Africans in the Diaspora'

By
Sean Jacobs

From somewhere in American suburbia, the very frank, at times trite The Ten Minute Fix, a Youtube “talk show” series with an East African bias. Here’s the raison d’etre: “This idea was born from the sheer fact that we have professionals around us, we have good equipment around us but most importantly we just like having fun around each other. We decided each time we meet up we will just let the camera’s roll and let whatever happens, happen. What we capture we will post to share the light moments with our friends and the diaspora in general.”

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