Coming to America is an Insult to Ghana - Leila Djansi
Filmmaker, Leila Djansi, labels Eddie Murphy’s “Coming 2 America as an insult to Africa as a whole
Tanitoluwa J. Adedotun 
Leila Djansi has stated that the comedy movie made by Eddie Murphy, "Coming 2 America," is an insult to Africa and by extension Ghana.
The American-based Ghanaian-born filmmaker pointed out that the movie, which was initially released in December 2020 in Russia and premiered for the world on March 5, 2021, represents many untrue things about Africa.
Coming 2 America, a sequel to the original film which was released back in 1988, has done a bad job of projecting Africa to the world, she said.
She took to her Facebook page to express her grievances at the way the movie made Africans seem like illiterates.
In her view, the fact that the creators of the film decided to project Africa as a continent filled with jungles, wild animals, child warriors, and the war was not the best thing to do.
“As an African, I found #Coming2America mildly offensive. Jungles, wild animals, child warriors, and war. Come on Hollywood, these tropes show how discriminatory and disrespectful y’all are. Enough!
"There’s more to Africa and please don’t try hiding em within wealth. I don’t understand this unwillingness to change and accept that these images and ideas are wrong, mostly lies. Spent 15 years of my life in Ghana and never even seen a squirrel."
"Child soldiers? Chicago gun-totting gang kids? Can we talk about that? STOP!! Africans are regular people. African cities are cosmopolitan. African villages are what they are based on culture and geography. Let’s not discuss villages in the South. Georgia?"
"I swear someone will be asking me about lions this week. Jesus takes the wheel.” She said.
