colonization

Into Africa: 50 must reads for “Every African”…

…courtesy of afripopmag.com… lots of good stuff for a book nut like me. Anthem of the Decades, by Mazisi Kunene. Biko, by Donald Woods Roots, by Alex Haley Number 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith Long Walk to Freedom, by Nelson Mandela Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe Woman at Point Zero, by Nawal el…

July 7, 2009

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Books, Printed Matters, the Goodness

Africa, african literature, Alexander McCall Smith, Black Literature, books, Chinua Achebe, colonization, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Printed Matters, Race, Wizard of the Crow, world literature
Black Girl: Cult Movie of the Week

(1966, Directed by Sembene Ousmane) If you are unfamiliar with this movie, or Black Francophone film in general, change that…now. Black Girl is the story of a beautiful Senegalese nanny named Diouana (played by Thérèse Mbissine Diop, see above), who joins Robert Fontaine (Monsieur) and Anne-Marie Jelinek (Madame) on their trip to the French Riviera,…

February 18, 2009

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Arts & Culture, Cult Movie of the Week, Film and Television, High Culture, Jive Culture, the Goodness

Africa, Black Francophones, colonization, cult movies, film, ousmane sembene, Race