George Adamson, the famous naturalist who spent his life rehabilitating baby elephants and lions and reintroducing them to the wild is the subject of the movie “To Walk With Lions.” As I was doing research about the movie, I found out that it received funding from the Kenyan state and had little to do with [...]

Subtly directed, beautifully written, breathtakingly executed. “The Night of the Truth” (La nuit de la vérité) is a fictional story of two ethnic groups who are sawing the seeds of reconciliation after a ten year civil war.

From Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine comes a heartbreaking documentary about the lives of the children of the Acholi ethnic group living in Patonga Refugee Camp (Uganda). The documentary follows the lives of some of the children affected by war and their quest to find peace and reconciliation through music.

This is a review I wrote two years ago on Blood Diamond. I decided to publish it here so that the movie is included in the Discover African movies section. This is a longer review because it is analyzed from an academic perspective. I rank the movie 9/10. “Blood Diamond” doesn’t bring anything new into [...]

Inspired by the Africa Reading challenge, which asks internet users all over the world to read books with an African thematic and review them online in a quest to compile a list of the most interesting books with an African content I’m launching today the African Movie Challenge. The purpose of this project is simple: [...]

Musa (Junior Singo) is a 10 year old boy whose family has been struck by the “mysterious plague”. He witnesses the death of both his parents and lives in a village where he is constantly being told that he is cursed. His grandmother is getting poorer and poorer by the day and despite having nothing [...]

Via Africanloft.com, I find that the president of Malawi got re-elected. Zimbabwe: International calls are growing to ban or restrict the trade in diamonds from Zimbabwe. Encouraging Not that it will happen though. AU calls for sanctions on Eritrea Lastly, Rival factions in Madagascar have tentatively agreed to a transition deal that could see interim [...]

The Mauritian writer-director Abderrahmane Sissako brings us a powerful yet difficult to grasp with and appreciate drama following the fictional mock trial in which the World Bank and the African people are facing each other in court in an attempt to clear up Africa’s record and blame the perpetrators. Of course, the two opponent forces [...]

Nowhere in Africa might just be the most touching and most caring Western movie on an Africa-related theme I’ve seen in my life If you were to leave the comfortable and safe environment of your upper class house, and move to a completely new place where the customs, morals, habits and the language you speak [...]

I just started watching a series of African and Africa related movies in an attempt to make a Top 20 Best African movies for me and for other people who would like to have a glimpse of Africa through visual arts. As few such tops exist I ‘m looking into various online resources, both from Africa and from the Western media and I’m piling up my list.