Where To Find Ousmane Sembene Films
I wanted to help you guys find where you can purchase or rent Ousmane Sembene’s films and books. Refer to my post Ousmane Sembene Films for more info on his films. Kudos to Mount Holyoke for...
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Haile Gerima: The Mythmaker
Haile Gerima is an Ethiopian film director, critic and professor. Raised in Gondar, Ethiopia, as a child, he acted in his father’s troupe performing across the country.In 1967, he moved to the United States...
Best Documentaries About Africa
Watch documentaries online! You enjoy documentaries right? Let’s be honest, most these days don’t make the time to read about biographies or current events. The majority of people would most likely watch a movie...
Africa at the Oscars
Awards and prizes aren’t everything. But it’s still nice to have them. Films are here to delight us.These Oscar nominated and winning foreign films were made to touch audiences beyond their respective borders. Many...
Filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo
Burkina Faso film director Idrissa Ouedraogo, born in 1954, is widely considered one the top members of a new generation of African filmmakers.The son of a civil servant, Ouedraogo studied English at the University...
Safi Faye Film Director, Ethnologist
Safi Faye, born in Senegal (1943), is one the few independent women filmmakers in Africa. Also the first African woman to complete a feature length film. She specializes in ethnographic films and learned a...
God’s Bits of Wood – Ousmane Sembene
Film artist Ousmane Sembene, has been a great influence for me as a fellow Senegalese who hopes to someday create magic in the film industry.With his trademark dark glasses and pipe,which somehow reminds me...
The Dilemma of a Ghost – Ama Ata Aidoo
Hailing from Abeadzi Kyiakor, Ghana Ama Ata Aidoo is a playwright, novelist and poet. Her works examine the traditional roles that were the norm to African women. Aidoo’s first play, The Dilemma of a Ghost...
13 Best African Movies To Get You Hooked
Here are some of the best African movies! From as far as I can remember, one of my fondest memories were when we sat as a family in my home country of Senegal watching...
