Filmmaker promotes cross-cultural understanding
Somali academic and documentary filmmaker Hodan Osman Abdi is helping to shatter misconceived stereotypes by promoting cross-cultural understanding and appreciation between China and Africa.
Her uncle was a longtime resident of Yiwu, an export hub in eastern China's Zhejiang province, and often shared stories about China's culture and history with Abdi when she was a child. Driven by curiosity, she came to China 12 years ago after graduating from high school to continue her education in Zhejiang.
She studied business and education and earned a doctorate in media economics and management from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, the provincial capital. Since 2016, she has been a researcher at Zhejiang Normal University's Institute of African Studies, teaching African film and television.
