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Glorious Exit (2008): a world revealed
Jarreth Merz is a Swiss-Nigerian actor living in Los Angeles. When his father passed away he was summoned to Nigeria. He is the first born so, according to the local customs, he is in charge of the burial ceremony and the family wealth. While not completely aware of the Nigerian traditions and their implications, he [...]
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Introducing the African Classic Movies: Jaguar (1967)
Jaguar (1967) is a movie by famous French moviemaker, anthropologist, explorer and storyteller Jean Rouch. He has spent more than sixty years making movies in Africa, thus creating a new movie style called ethnofiction. He is widely considered to be the father of Nigerien movie industry (Niger, not Nigeria) as he is the first [...]
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African Footprints (2007) in my heart
Ideally, any Westerner who has an interest in African culture and African beats should attend the African Footprint show. As this is not always possible, mainly for monetary reasons, a convenient alternative is now on the market. You can rent or buy the DVD featuring South Africa’s most famous cultural show. But firstly, what is African [...]
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20th African Festival of the Arts in Chicago – do not miss it!
It is my pleasure to blog about the unique opportunity to experience Africanity in the city of Chicago. Chicago, a city that over the years has become the cradle of immigrant expression, also hosts one of the greatest events of the year for Africans and lovers of African culture, art and music: The African Festival of the Arts. It takes place every year at the beginning of September.
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The Interpreter (2005): Saving Africa made in America
The Interpreter is a flashy, glooming, huge budget movie featuring a white African expat, from a fictional state called Matobo who works at the United Nations headquarters trying to change the world with the “belief that words and compassion are the better way…even if it’s slower than a gun.”
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Hunting my Husband’s Killers (2004)
Posted on 20 June 2009
Lesley Bilinda, the widow of a Tutsi pastor who disappeared during the Rwandan genocide without ever being seen, goes back to Kigali in search for the truth. There are hundreds of thousands of people whose killers are still walking free and her husband’s killer is one of them. She fluently speaks Kinya-rwanda, the most widely [...] Continue Reading
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Adwa: An African Victory (1999)
Posted on 18 June 2009
The story of the 1896 battle of Adwa is being told by Ethiopian-born director Haile Gerima. He explores European colonialism from an African perspective and the significance of the legendary battle that defeated the Italian expansionist movement and kept Ethiopia the one and only African country that was not occupied by a European colonial power [...] Continue Reading
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Mortu Nega (1988) – refusing to give up
Posted on 18 June 2009
Mortu Nega, like Nowhere in Africa, is a movie that capitalizes on war without directly showing it. It is, as the title suggests, a movie about Those Whom Death Refused – the internally displaced people, the veterans, the widows and the orphans – that survived the independence struggle and are trying to start all over [...] Continue Reading
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Yaaba (1989) – timeless village, timeless issues
Posted on 17 June 2009
Yaaba first brought international recognition to African director Idrissa Ouedraogo, winning, among others, the International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1989. Like other African movie, Yaaba is a movie characterized by pragmatism, simplicity and serenity. Continue Reading
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The price of Forgiveness (2002): an ambiguously brilliant Senegalese movie
Posted on 16 June 2009
The Price of Forgiveness is structured in such a way that it actually seems to be a story told by a West African griot, which gives the movie authenticity, cohesion and an astonishing authority.It also has a beautiful original soundtrack created by my two favorite Senegalese singers Youssou N'Dour and Wasis Diop. Continue Reading
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Baara (1978): Individualism, Intra-generational Conflicts and Masculinity Crises in an African City
Posted on 16 June 2009
The movie introduces the viewers to unexplored aspects of African culture and the city life. There are some broad characteristics that make this movie worth watching: it deals with the social dynamics of an African city (most movies about Africa are focused on African villages); it introduces us to the lives of the African middle class; it features young Western-educated rising elite and brings in the discontents of the African proletariat. Moreover, the movie explores the crisis of masculinity, the conflict between generations and the modern African urban social class that is based on individualism and self sustainability. Continue Reading
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Dreams of Dust (2006): New beginning in the middle of nowhere
Posted on 14 June 2009
Dreams of dust (Europe) aka Buried Dreams (North America) aka Reves de Poussiere (Original title in French) Dreams of Dust stars Senegalese actor Makena Diop in the role of the enigmatic Nigerien farmer Moctar (from Niger, not Nigeria) who comes to neighboring Burkina Faso to leave his past behind and try to make a [...] Continue Reading
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Yesterday (2004): Live at all costs
Posted on 10 June 2009
Yesterday is the first isiZulu feature film, and the first South African film to receive an Oscar nomination. It was made with the support of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, M-Net and the National Film And Video Foundation. Continue Reading
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Chicago: The African Diaspora Film Festival
Posted on 09 June 2009
The African Diaspora Film Festival has the focus of presenting on the big screen films pertaining to the human experience of people from Africa and those in the Diaspora. Documentaries and fiction films form part of the program. Four documentaries and two fiction films fall under History studies. These are Youssou N'Dour: Return to Gorée, Black & White, Jacques Roumain: Passion for a Country, Rhythmic Uprising, Family Motel and Glorious Exit. Continue Reading
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Amandla: a revolution in four part harmony [2002]
Posted on 07 June 2009
Amandla: a revolution in four part harmony is a powerful and emotional documentary about the role music played in resisting and eventually overthrowing apartheid in South Africa. “If you can’t beat these people physically with weapons, you can scare the shit out of them with songs” Hugh Masekela Continue Reading
Notable Articles of the day (06.18)
- 60,000 US dollar digital library is launched in Egypt.
- Five managers of the government-owned Kenya Pipeline Company and privately-owned Triton Petroleum Company have been charged with fraud in Nairobi.
- South Africa is a source, transit and destination country for trafficked men, women and children
- Museveni, president of Uganda: China is not a threat to Africa
- Fewer refugees more problems around the world.
It looks nice, but the mutation is most likely the effect of pollution in the area.
Obama speaks at the University of Cairo. Here you can watch his entire speech.
(via Africa Unchained)
(via Africa is a country)
Faith47-The Cape Of Good Hope from Rowan on Vimeo. An inspired short movie in the city I spent the last three months of my life. Despite looking quite disapointing in this movie, Cape Town still remains one of my favorite cities of all times. (via Africa is a Country)
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