Karen M. Mafundikwa is a Jamaican independent filmmaker, and director, producer and writer of documentary feature, The Price of Memory (2014). Previously, she produced and wrote documentary feature Shungu: The Resilience of a People (2009) following ordinary people in Zimbabwe during the economic crisis, the highest inflation in history and political stalemate. Shungu screened on three continents, garnered international broadcasts and won Ousmane Sembene Award at Zanzibar Film Festival and Best Documentary, Kenya International Film Festival. She is currently directing a documentary about Gloria Simms, the ground-breaking “Gaamaa” or Paramount Chief of Jamaica’s maroons, the first woman to hold this title.