African film : re-imagining a continent

Discusses the films Out of Africa, Yaaba, Keita!, Sambizanga, Flame, The gods must be crazy, A dry white season, Mapantsula, Fools, Kongi's harvest, Xala, Tableau ferraille, The blue eyes of Yonta, Finzan, Kasarmu Ce, Kini and Adams, and La vie est belle.
17 films in 17 sentences --
Preface --
Basic indicators for African countries --
Political map of Africa --
Introduction : Africans re-image Africa --
Historical map of Africa --
Recovering the African past --
Out of Africa (1985) : settler romance in nature paradise --
Yaaba (1989) : friendship in the village that time forgot --
Keïta! (1995) : transmitting the Sundjata to the next generation --
Fighting colonialism --
Sambizanga (1972) : the martyr, his family, and the movement --
Flame (1996) : a twofold struggle --
The struggle for majority rule in South Africa --
The gods must be crazy (1980) : the world according to apartheid --
The dry white season (1989) : a white awakening --
Mapantsula (1988) : Black resistance to white oppression --
Fools (1997) : ordinary people under apartheid --
Betrayals of independence --
Kongi's harvest (1970) : traditional splendor and modern oppression --
Xala (1974) : impotence sexual, cultural, economic, and political --
Tableau Ferraille (1997) : the rise and abrupt fall of an honest politician --
The blue eyes of Yonta (1992) : was the struggle in vain? --
The exploited & neglected peasantry --
Finzan (1990) : gender conflict and village solidarity --
Kasarmu ce (1991) : peasant Islam and urban corruption --
Between the African mass market & international recognition --
Kini and Adams (1997) : the vagaries of adult friendship --
La vie est belle (1987) : it's a wonderful life --
Epilogue : re-imagining ourselves.