Tsotsi (Thug) – Gavin Hood (2005) This weeks film is an Oscar winning one, set in the heart of South Africa, Johannesburg, spoken in ‘Tsotsitaal’ – a… Read more “Africa take 3 – Crime in Johannesburg”
Category: Africa
Africa take 2 – Jihadist control the ancient city of Timbuktu
Timbuktu – Abderrahmane Sissako (2014) Though the film is Mauritanian and French funded, and directed by a Mauritanian director, its subject is primarily the city of Timbuktu, in… Read more “Africa take 2 – Jihadist control the ancient city of Timbuktu”
African Cinema – Resisting FGM in Burkina Faso
Moolaadé – Ousmane Sembène (2004) The first film in my African cinema ventures takes place in a small, rural village in Burkina Faso, and is a drama… Read more “African Cinema – Resisting FGM in Burkina Faso”