ARE MEERKATS REALLY RUSSIAN? AFRICA THROUGH WESTERN EYES
By: Kenji

Africa is the mysterious untamed “dark continent” of strange superstitious customs, drum beats, great deserts, rivers and jungles, spectacular scenery, wild beasts, corrupt and primitive rulers, rich in minerals, big game and human cargo, and ripe for astonishing exploration and the enlightening benefits of Western civilisation
Here are some notable films set and made in Africa by outsiders. Some have Africa as an exotic backdrop for European/US drama, some print the legend and others question it
Not on this site:
Carry on up the Jungle
Afurika Monogatari
Year order
For lack of a better list title, i’ve included Trinh T Minh-ha’s sensitive observational Reassemblage, and the Iranian Kiarostami’s film ABC Africa for the UN. And Boniface’s Holiday is a Russian animation
p.s and talking of Russia, the list title refers to a Russian-accented meerkat in very popular TV ads in the UK
“Europeans should know more about Africa.” (Cameroon director Jean-Marie Teno)
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01Giovanni Pastrone
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02Aurelio Rossi
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03Cherry Kearton
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04W.S. Van Dyke
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05Martin Johnson
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06Merian C. Cooper
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07Victor Fleming
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08Josef von Sternberg
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09Julien Duvivier
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10Georg Wilhelm Pabst
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11W.S. Van Dyke
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12Cedric Gibbons
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13Julien Duvivier
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14Friz Freleng
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15William A. Wellman
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16Chuck Jones
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17Zoltán Korda
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18David Butler
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19Victor Schertzinger
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20Michael Curtiz
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21Gabriel Pascal
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22Jean Rouch
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23Lewis D. Collins
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24René Vautier
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25Compton Bennett
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26John Huston
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27Zoltán Korda
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28Henry King
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29Anthony Kimmins
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30John Ford
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31André Haguet
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32Henry Hathaway
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33John Huston
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34Gavin Lambert
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35Chris Marker
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36Ralph Wright
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37Alfred Hitchcock
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38Jean Rouch
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39Jean Rouch
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40John Huston
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41Jean Rouch
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42J. Lee Thompson
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43Bernhard Grzimek
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44Jacques Tourneur
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45Fred Zinnemann
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46Lionel Rogosin
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47Jean Rouch
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48Henning Carlsen
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49Robert Gardner
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50Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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51Cy Endfield
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52Gerald Thomas
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53Cy Endfield
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54Gillo Pontecorvo
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55John Gilling
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56Jerzy Kawalerowicz
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57James Hill
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58Don Sharp
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59Cornel Wilde
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60Gualtiero Jacopetti
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61Peter Kubelka
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62Fyodor Khitruk
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63Jean Rouch
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64Jean Rouch
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65Ettore Scola
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66Nino Scolaro
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67Jack Cardiff
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68John Marshall
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69John Marshall
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70Werner Herzog
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71Pier Paolo Pasolini
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72Werner Herzog
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73Jean Rouch
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74John Marshall
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75John Guillermin
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76Barbet Schroeder
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77John Marshall
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78Jürgen Goslar
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79Jean-Jacques Annaud
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80John Guillermin
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81John Marshall
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82John Derek
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83Bertrand Tavernier
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84Frédéric Mitterrand
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85Jean-Jacques Flori
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86Trinh T. Minh-ha
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87Andrew V. McLaglen
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88Philippe de Broca
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89Alain Corneau
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90Jesús Franco
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91J. Lee Thompson
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92Sydney Pollack
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93Lewis Teague
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94Werner Herzog
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95Elaine May
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96Boaz Davidson
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97Richard Attenborough
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98Michael Apted
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99Marco Ferreri
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100Claire Denis
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101Chris Menges
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102Euzhan Palcy
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103John Marshall
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104Dominique Loreau
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105Otar Iosseliani
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106Alan Birkinshaw
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107Bob Rafelson
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108Raymond Depardon
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109Bernardo Bertolucci
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110Bruce Beresford
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111Clint Eastwood
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112Werner Herzog
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113Manoel de Oliveira
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114Bertrand Tavernier
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115Michael Hammon
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116Julie Dash
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117Roger Allers
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118Thierry Michel
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119Pedro Costa
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120Stephen Hopkins
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121Leon Gast
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122Raymond Depardon
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123François Woukoache
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124Christoph Schlingensief
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125Michel Ocelot
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126Gillies MacKinnon
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127Alan Lowery
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128Llewellyn M. Smith
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129Hubert Sauper
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130Claire Denis
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131Ridley Scott
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132François Woukoache
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133Arthur Howes
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134Caroline Link
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135Ray Müller
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136Raymond Depardon
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137Abbas Kiarostami
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138Thierry Michel
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139Kevin Macdonald
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140Tom Hooper
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141Ulrike Koch
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142Thom Fitzgerald
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143Hans Steinbichler
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144Laurent Salgues
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145Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
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146Marion Hänsel
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147Peter Heller
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148Newton I. Aduaka
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149Fernando Meirelles
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150Nikolaus Geyrhalter
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151James Honeyborne
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152Daniel Gordon
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153Václav Marhoul
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154Claire Denis
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155Andrea Segre
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156Clint Eastwood
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157David E. Simpson
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158Philippe Van Leeuw
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159Sarah Vanagt
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160Sérgio Tréfaut
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161Justin Chadwick
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162Xavier Beauvois
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163Ivan Goldschmidt
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164Vibeke Muasya
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165Jarreth J. Merz
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166Mika Kaurismäki
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167Gabriel Range
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168Sylvie Cachin
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169Manu Gerosa
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170Juan Antonio Moreno Amador
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171Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
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172Sara Terry
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173Robert Guédiguian
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174Ulrich Köhler
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175Howard J. Ford
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176Martin Mareček
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177Marc Francis
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178Marie Voignier
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179Isaki Lacuesta
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180Joe Berlinger
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181Jeroen van Velzen