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How World War I unfolded in Africa through relentless marches, disease, and colonial conflict

This video explores what World War I was like in Africa, a front often overshadowed by European trench warfare. Animated ...
insider.si.edu

The history of documentary in Africa : the Colonial era [electronic resource]

This thesis seeks to write a comprehensive history of documentary film in Africa, from the beginning of the cinema until the eve of independence in the late 1950s. It looks at documentary practice and ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Silent Legacy’: Choreographer Sibiry Konate Is Torn Between Europe and Africa (Exclusive Trailer)

The documentary from Jenni Kivistö and Jussi Rastas, world premiering in the Locarno Critics’ Week program, explores identity and colonial legacies against the backdrop of the European migration ...

African nations push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations

African leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognized, criminalized and addressed through reparations.
Newsday

A promise to an African grandmother: Shining a light on Germany's colonial past

BERLIN — Mnyaka Sururu Mboro is still driven by the promise he gave his grandmother when he left Tanzania for Germany almost 50 years ago: to bring back for a proper burial the head of a local ...
Seattle Times

A promise to an African grandmother: Shining a light on Germany’s colonial past

BERLIN (AP) — Mnyaka Sururu Mboro is still driven by the promise he gave his grandmother when he left Tanzania for Germany almost 50 years ago: to bring back for a proper burial the head of a local ...