The Africa Project Part 4 Mozambique - Somalia

By: kuxa kanema

The Africa Project Part 1 Algeria – Congo Kinshasa
The Africa Project Part 2 Djibouti – Guinea
The Africa Project Part 3 Ivory Coast – Morocco
The Africa Project Part 5 South Africa – Zimbabwe

MOZAMBIQUE
Quick Overview
The first cultural act of the nascent Mozambique Government after independence in 1975 was to create the National Institute of Cinema (INC). The new president Samora Machel had a strong awareness of the power of the image, and understood he needed to use this power to build a socialist nation. INC’s goal was to film the people, and to deliver these images back to the people. The National Film Institute (INC) created a strong base with the training of production professionals. It became the biggest producer with the weekly newsreel “Kuxa Kanemo”, documentaries and some features. The government stopped film financing in 1986 and many film practitioners became jobless. These days there is little film production as poverty and civil war has taken its toll. Still some productions have emerged often helped finacially by Portugal.

Kuxa Kanema: Birth of A Nation

Selection of Films
- Beind the Lines, Margaret Dickinson, 1971, Mozambique, Vitor Fernandes, 1976, 25, Ceslo Luccas, 1977, Mueda, Memoria e Massacre, Ruy Guerra, 1980, Música, Moçambique!, José Fonseca e Costa, 1980, Banguza Timbila, Ron Hallis, 1982, Canta Meu Irmao, Ajuda-Me a Cantar, Jose Cardoso, 1982, Nos criancas Mocambicanas, Carlos Mendes de Oliveira, 1983, Frutos Da Nossa Colheita, Jose Cardoso, 1984, Maputo Mulher, Mario Borgneth, 1984, Vreme leoparda, Zdravko Velimirovic, 1985, O Vento Sopra do Norte, Jose Cardoso, 1987, Frontières sanglantes, Mario Borgneth, 1987, Samora Machel, Son of Africa, Ron Hallis, 1989, Fogata, Joao Ribeiro, 1992, A Guerra da Água, Licinio Azevedo, 1995, A Arvore dos Antepassados, Licinio Azevedo, 1995, Nelio’s Story, Solveig Nordlund, 1998, A Ponte, Licinio Azevedo, 2001, Sidney Poitier na Barbearia de Firipe Beruberu, Francisco Villalobos, 2001, Light Drops, Fernando Vendrell, 2002, Desobediência, Licinio Azevedo, 2003,Kuxa Kanema – O Nascimento do Cinema, Margarida Cardoso, 2003, The Ball, Orlando Mesquita, 2003, Gaze of the Stars, Joao Ribeiro, 2003, Hands of Clay, Licinio Azevedo, 2003, Murmuring Coast, Margarida Cardoso, 2004, Tatana, Joao Ribeiro, 2005, Demining Camp, Licinio Azevedo, 2005, The Great Bazaar, Licinio Azevedo, 2006, Terra Sonâmbula, Teresa Prata, 2007, I Love You, Rogerio Manjate, 2007, Night Lodgers, Licinio Azevedo, 2007, Another Man’s Garden, João Luis Sol de Carvalho, 2007, Nora, David Hinton, 2008, Home Is Where You Find It, Alcides Soares, 2009, O Último Voo do Flamingo, Joao Ribeiro, 2010

Ruy Guerra

Important Filmmakers
- Licinio Azevedo
- Mario Borgneth
- Jose Cardoso
- Maragrida Cardoso
- Ruy Guerra
- Celso Luccas
- Orlando Mesquita
- Teresa Prata
- Joao Luis Sol de Carvalho
- Joao Ribeiro

Film Festivals
- Dockanema Film Festival

Night Lodgers

Links
- Kuxa Kanema
- Mozambican film … and Godard
- Lost Continent: Cinema of Mozambique
- Film Reborn In Mozambique

Films/Clips/Trailers
- The Ball, Orlando Mesquita, 2010

- Sleepwalking Land, Teresa Prata, Trailer
- Night Lodgers, Licinio Azevedo, Trailer
- Home Is Where You Find It, Alcides Soares, Trailer
- Nelio’s Story, Solveig Nordlund, Trailer
- O ultimo Voo do Flamingo, Joao Ribeiro, Trailer

NAMIBIA
Quick Overview
Namibia gained independence only in 1990. Before this period hardly any cinematic data are available. John Marshall, an USA resident worked and lived in Namibia. he released documentaries about the country between 1958 and 1980. In 2000 the Namibian government passed the “Namibian Film Commission Act”. The objective of the Commission is to promote Namibia as a film location destination to international players, to promote the local film and video industry, and to encourage the use of Namibian personnel when filming in the country. This has proved a successful investment in terms of international production, but still Namibian films are few are few and far between.

The Hunters

Selection of Films
- The Hunters, John Marshall, 1962, N’um Tchai, The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen, John Marshall, 1969, An Argument About a Marriage, John Marshall, 1969, Bitter Melons, John Marshall, 1971, Baobab Play, John Marshall 1971, N!ai, the Story of a K!ung Woman, John Marshall, 1980, Kolmansskop, Richard Pupkewitz, 1983, Via Namibia, David Pupkewitz, 1986, The !Kung San – Resettlement, John Marshall, 1988, !Kung San: Traditional Life, John Marshall, 1988, Sophia’s Homecoming, Richard Pakleppa, 1997, Uno’s World, Bridgit Pickering, 2001, Imiti ikula, Sampa Kangwa, Simon Wilki, 2001, Western 433, Aryan Kaganof, 2002, Angola: Saudades from the One Who Loves You, Richard Pakleppa, 2006, Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation, Charles Burnett, 2007, Far Away Future, Frank Dorren, 2008, Love Is…, Perivi Katjavivi, 2009, Taste of Rain, Richard Pakleppa, 2010, CamelThorns, Genevieve Detering, 2010,

Richard Pakleppa

Important Filmmakers
- John Marshall
- Richard Pakleppa
- Bridget Pickering
- David Pupkewitz

Film Festivals
- Wild Cinema Windhoek International Film Festival

Angola: Saudades from the One Who Loves You

Links
- Namibia Film Comission
- Films On Namibia

Films/Trailers/Clips
- Angola: Saudades from the One Who Loves You, Richard Pakleppa, 2006, Portuguese, no subs

- Namibia: Struggle For Liberation, Charles Burnett, Trailer
- Charles Burnett and Edwin Santiago in conversation about Namibia: Struggle For Liberation
- !Kung San: the Resettlement, John Marshall, Preview

NIGER
Quick Overview
Niger has hardly any local film industry, still some filmmakers are renowned for their work in Niger. In 1954 Jean Rouch, a major force oin the cinema veirte and the so called “nouvelle vague” (new wave) in France made his first anthropology films in Niger. Two major filmmakers emerged in the 1960’s; Mustapha Alassane and Oumaru Ganda who have dominated Niger cinema ever since. Today little cinema is being produced and the glory days of the 1960’s seems a distant memory.

Saitane

Selection of Films
- In the Land of the Black Magi, Jean Rouch, 1947, Moro Naba, Jean Rouch, 1958, Wedding Marraige, Mustapha Alassane, 1962, Bon Voyage Sim, Mustapha Alassane, 1966, Le retour d’un aventurier, Mustapha Alassane, 1966, Lion Hunters, Jean Rouch, 1967, Jaguar, Jean Rouch, 1967, Cabascabo, Oumarou Ganda, 1969, Le wazzou polygame, Oumarou Ganda, 1971, Torou et Bitti, Jean Rouch, 1971, FVVA: Femme, villa, voiture, argent, Mustapha Alassane, 1972, Saitane, Oumarou Ganda, 1973, Cocorico monsieur Poulet, Jean Rouch, 1974, Toula ou Le génie des eaux, Moustapha Alassane, Anna Soehring, 1974, L’étoile noire, Djingareye Maiga, 1976, Samba le grand, Mustapha Alassane, 1977, Nuages noirs, Djingareye Maiga, 1979, L’éxilé, Oumaru Ganda, Si les cavaliers, Mahamane Bakabe, 1982, Kankamba ou le semeur de discorde, Moustapha Alassane, 1982, Aube noire, Djingareye Maiga, 1983, Petanqui, Kozoloa Yeo, 1983, Le médecin de Gafire, Mustapha Diop, 1986, Mamy Wata, Mustapha Diop, 1990, Moi fatigué debout, moi couché, Jean Rouch, 1997, Kokoa, Moustapha Alassane, 2001, Arlit, deuxième Paris, Idrissou Mora Kpai, 2005, Disposable People, Matthias Heeder, Monika Hielscher, 2005, Al’leessi Une Actresse Africaine, Rahmatou Keita, 2005, Hassia Amour Ou Chatiment, Moussa Hamadou Djingeray, 2005, Gown of Time, Malam Saguirou, 2008, Deux femmes, une passion, Mariama Seydou Namata, 2010

Jean Rouch

Important Filmmakers
- Moustapha Alassane
- Mustapha Diop
- Oumarou Ganda
- Djingareye Maiga
- Jean Rouch (French)

Film Festivals
- Rencontres du Cinéma Africain de Niamey

Links
- Cinema of Niger

Books
- Cinema of Niger, Llc
- The Cinematic Griot: Ethnography of Jean Rouch, Stoller, University of Chicago Press

Bon Voyage Sim

Films/ Trailers/ Clips
Bon Voyage Sim, Moustapha Alassane, 1985

Petit a Petit, Jean Rouch, Trailer
Le Medicin De Gafire, Mustapha Diop, Trailer
Saitane, Oumaru Ganda, Clip
F.V.V.A, Mustapha Alassane, Clip

NIGERIA
Quick Overview
The Nigerian (Naija) artistic world offers many possibilities for entertainment and relaxation. Even if the Nigerian film industry is an emerging industry, it has accomplished to become the 2nd largest movie industry at worldwide level in terms of the quantity of movies produced on a yearly basis.In this way, the Nigerian film industry represents an attractive opportunity for prospective film investments. Whether we are thinking of comedy, drama, soap operas, romance or action films – Nigeria’s film industry can raise to expectations. While in the USA the film industry is known as Hollywood, in the case of Nigeria the film industry is Nollywood. In terms of value of the movies and quantity of movies produced on a yearly basis, the Nigerian cinema industry is the largest one in Africa and it can also be compared to Hollywood or Bollywood. (Author: Atinuke Saletti)

Ezra

Selection of films
- Things Fall Apart, Hans Jurgen Pohland, 1971, Alpha, Ola Balogun, 1973, Amadi, Ola Balogun, 1975, Countdown at Kusini, Ossie Davis, 1976, Babatu, Jean Rouch, 1976, Ajani Ogun, Ola Balogun, 1976, Sehu Umar, Adamu Halilu, 1976, Musik-Man, Ola Balogun, 1977, The Rise and Fall of Dr. Oyenuzi, Eddie Ugbomah, 1977, Bisi, Daughter of the River, Ladi Ladebo, 1977, A Deusa Negra, Ola Balogun, 1978, The Boy Is Good, Eddie Ugbomah, 1978, The Mask, Eddie Ugbomah, 1979, Ija Ominira, Ola Balogun, 1979, Aiye, Ola Balogun, 1980, Cry Freedom, Ola Balogun, 1981, Oil Doom, Eddie Ugbomah, 1981, Moment of Truth, Adamu Halilu, 1981, Jaiyesinmi, Frederic Goode, Hubert Ogunde, 1981, Orun Mooru, Ola Balogun, 1982, Aropin N’Tenia, Frederic Goode, Hubert Ogunde, 1982, Zainab, Adamu Halilu, Anikura, Oyewole Olowomojuore, 1982, Boulos 80, Eddie Ugbomah, 1982, Death of a Black President, Eddie Ugbomah, 1983, Money Power, Ola Balogun, 1984, Vengeance of the Cult, Eddie Ugbomah, 1984, Esan, Eddie Ugbomah, 1985, Ayanmo, Hubert Ogunde, 1986, Living in Bondage, Vic Mordi, 1992, Ti oluwa ni ile, Tunde Kelani, 1994, Glamour Girls, Chika Onukwufor, 1994, Rattle Snake, Amaka Igwe, 1995, Ti oluwa ni ile 2, Tunde Kelani, 1995, Ti oluwa ni ile 3, Tunde Kelani, 1995, Ukwa, Chico Onu, 1995, Violated, Amaka Igwe, 1995, Kòseégbé, Tunde Kelani, 1995, Domitilla, Zeb Ejiro, 1996, Mortal Inheritance, Andy Amenechi, 1996, Another Love, Chico Ejiro, 1996, Silent Night, Chico Ejiro, Jeta Amata, 2006, Onome, Chico Ejiro, 1996, Violated 2, Amaka Igwe, 1996, One Sunday Morning, Manu Kurewa, 1997, Hostages, Tade Ogidan, 1996, Sango, Obafemi Bandele Lasode, 1997, Back To Africa, Tony Abulu, 1997, Diamond Ring,Tade Ogidan, 1998, On the Edge, Newton Aduaka, 1998, Magic of Nigeria, Ola Balogun, 1998, River Niger, Black Mother, Ola Balogun, 1998, Back To Life, Chico Ejiro, 1998, Witches, Fred Amata, 1998, Saworoide, Tunde Kelani, 1999, Igodo, Andy Amenechi, 1999, End of the Wicked, Taco Benson, 1999, Festival Of Fire, Chico Ejiro, 1999, Gangster Paradise, Ifeanyi Ikpoenyi, 2001, Hang Time, Ngozi Onwurah, 2001, Thunderbolt: Magun, Tunde Kelani, 2001, $1: One Dollar, Gabriel Moses, 2002, A Cry For Help, Andy Amenechi, 2002, Agogo eewo, Tunde Kelani, 2002, Late Marraige, Adim Williams, 2003, Evil Woman, Zeb Ejiro, 2003, The Kingmaker, Fred Amata, 2003, Osuofia in London, Kingsley Ogoro, 2003, Blood Sister, Tchidi Chikere, 2003, Ashanti, Chico Eljiro, 2003, Beyond Belief, Kalu Anya, 2003, Emergency Wedding, Adim Williams, 2003, The Return, Kingsley Ogoro, 2003, The Campus Queen, Tunde Kelani, 2003, Unbreakable, Frank O Vaughn, 2004, Die Another Day, Tarila Thompson, 2004, Critical Decision, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, 2004, All My Life, Tchidi Chikere, 2004, Atonement, Fos Nwaokike, 2005, Games Women Play, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, 2005, Across the Niger, Izu Ojukwu, 2005, Rising Moon, Andy Nwakalor, 2005, Crying Angel, Adim Williams, 2006, Adia, Francis Polo, 2006, Rag Tag, Adaora Nwandu, 2006,August the 1st, Lanre Olabisi, 2006, 30 Days, Mildred Okwo, 2006, The Amazing Grace, 2006, Jeta Amata, The Covenant Church, Charles Novia, 2006, Sitanda, Izu Ojukwu, 2006, Ezra, Newton I. Aduaka, 2007, The Narrow Path, Tunde Kelani, 2007, Stronger Than Pain, Tchidi Chikere, 2007, , August the First, Lanre Olabisi, 2007, Tsintsiya, Hamisu Lamido, Ahmad S. Alkanawy, 2007, Modupe Temi, Daniel Ademinokan, 2008, Arugba, Tunde Kelani, 2008, Changing Faces, Faruk Lasaki, 2008, White Waters, Izu Ojukwu, 2008, Through the Glass, Stephanie Okerle, 2008, The Tenant, Onyekachi Ejim, 2008, Letters To A Stranger, Fred Amata, 2008, Life In Slow Motion, Tunde Kelani, 2008, A Mission To Nowhere, Teco Benson, 2008, The Figurine, Afolayan Kunle,2009, Hurricane In A Rose Garden, Ime Etuk, 2010, Tango With Me, Mahmoud Ali Balogun, 2010, Bursting Out, Desmond Elliot, 2010, Inale, Jeta Amata, 2010, Ijé, Chineze Anyaene, 2010, Anchor Baby, Lonzo Nzekwe, 2010, A Private Storm, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, 2010,Legacy, Thomas Ikimi, 2010, The Mirror Boy, Obi Emelonye, 2010, High Blood Pressure, Teco Benson, 2010, Adesuwa, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, 2011, Black Gold, Jeta Amata, 2011

Nollywood actress and film crew

Important Filmmakers
- Daniel Ademinokan
- Newton Aduaka
- Fred Amata
- Jeta Amata
- Andy Amenechi
- Teco Benson
- Ola Balogun
- Tchidi Chikere
- Chico Ejiro
- Zeb Ejiro
- Desmond Elliot
- Amaka Igwe
- Tunde Kelani
- Charles Novia
- Tade Ogidan
- Kingsley Ogoro
- Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
- Izu Ojukwu
- Stephanie Okereke
- Eddie Ugbomah

Film Festivals
- Abuja International Film Festival
- Lights, Camera, AFRICA! 2011 Film Festival, Lagos
- Africa Movie Academy Awards

Links
- Nigeria: Africa’s largest movie industry
- Nollywood.com
- Hooray For Nollywood
- Nollywood Focus
- Nigeria Films

Books/Essays
- Nollywood, Pieter Hugo, Chris Abani, Zina Sara Wiwa, Prestel
- Nollywood: The Video Phenomenon in Nigeria, Pierre Barrott, James Curray
- Nollywood Video Film: Nigerian Movies as Indigenous Voice, Uchenna Onuzulike, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
- Cinema of Nigeria, Llc

Ajani Ogun

Films/Trailers/Clips
- Huge selection of Nollywood films on YT
- Saworoide, Tunde Kelani

- Talk with Tunde Kelani
- This Is Nollywood, Franco Sacchi, Trailer
- Ije, Chineze Anyaene, Trailer
- Ezra, Newton I Aduaka, Trailer
- Black Gold, Jeta Amata, Trailer

REUNION
Quick Overview
Reunion has no recorded cinematic history and an extremely small video production. The island hosts several small film festivals located in several cities. Mostly short work is shown, ranging from short comedy to scientific films. These cinematic meetings aim to promote the Islands as a unique location for filming and to become the center of cinematic meetings in the region. The French ministry of culture is the main organizer and funder of almost all cinema related activities. Locally several companies and organizations are founded to promote and facilitate cinematic production on the islands.

Adieu a tout cela

Selection of Films
- Adieu a tout cela, Emmanuel Parraud, 2010, Reunion Island: An Overview, Brian Iannone, 2010, L’ile, Olivier Boillot, 2011,

Reunion Island: An Overview

Film Festival
- Festival International du Film d’Afrique et des Iles

Films/Links/Trailers
Reunion Island: An Overview, Brian Iannone, 2010

RWANDA
Quick Overview
Rwanda was largely abandoned by the international community during the genocide. According to the United Nations, around 800,000 people – mainly minority Tutsis – were killed in the space of a few days. The massacre belatedly sparked international interest, with the Western film industry subsequently producing the internationally-acclaimed Hotel Rwanda, Shooting Dogs and Shake Hands with the Devil. Since then the Rwandan film industry has started to evolve with homegrown projects evolving all the time. Rwanda now boasts one of the most promising national cinemas in Africa and looks to go from strength to strength.

100 Days

Selection of Films
- Manirafashwa, Gaspard Habiyambere, 1986, 100 Days, Nick Hughes, 2001, Histoire de tresses, Jacqueline Kalimunda, 2003, Keepers of Memory, Eric Kabera, 2004, Yesterday in Rwanda, Davina Pardo, 2005, Isugi, François Woukoache, Odile Gakire Katese, Jacques Rutabingwa, 2005, Homeland, Jacquline Kalimunda, 2005, Scars of My Days, Gilbert Ndahayo, 2006, The Kadogo Brothers, Jpseph Muganga, 2006, Munyurangabo, Lee Isaac Chung, 2007, Behind This Convent, Gilbert Ndahayo, 2008, We Are All Rwandans, Debs Paterson Gardner, 2008, A Love Letter To My Country, Thierry Dushimirimana, 2008,Rwanda Again, Lawrence Blankenbyl, 2009, Umurage, Gorka Gamarra, 2009, Rwanda: Beyond the Deadly Pit, Gilbert Ndahayo, 2010, Rwanda’ Mama, Marilena Delli, 2010, Coexist, Adam Mazo, 2010, Africa United, Debs Gardner Paterson, 2010, Power of Gacaca, Olivier Uwayezu, Luck Ndunguye, 2010, Grey Matter, Kivu Ruhorahoza, 2011

Eric Kabera

Important Filmmakers
- Debs Paterson Gardner
- Eric Kabera
- Gilbert Ndahayo

Film Festivals
Rwanda Film Festival

Links
- Welcome to Hillywood: how Rwanda’s film industry emerged from genocide’s shadow
- The Sky is the Limit for Filmmakers
- Rwandans flock to ‘Hillywood’ films

Books/Essays
- Cinema of Rwanda, Llc
- Images d’après : Cinéma et génocide au Rwanda, François-Xavier Destors, Editions Le Bord de l’eau

Behind This Convent

Films/Links/Trailers
A Love Letter To My Country, Thierry Dushimirimana, 2008

Munyarangabo, Isaac Lee Chung, Trailer
Interview with Isaac Lee Chung
Rwanda: Beyond the Deadly Pit, Gilbert Ndahayo, Trailer
Africa United, Debs Gardner Paterson, Trailer

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Quick Overview
Sao Tome and Principe is a small country consisting of two islands. Filmmaking is not developed and there is no real cinematic output and only minor video ouput. The small islands have attracted some interest from European filmmakers and a few films and documentaries have been filmed here.

Little Fruit

Selection of Films
- Little Fruit, Herbert Brödl, 1998, Sea and the Jungle, Angelo Torres, 2009, Contract, Guenny Pires, 2010

Anon documentary

Films/LinksTrailers
- Contract , Guenny Pires, 2010, Trailer

SENEGAL
Quick Overview
After 1960, the Senegalese film industry blossomed during the next twenty years. Ousame Sembene, the founding father of African cinema, shot his first short in 1963. He is the most renowned filmmaker of the Dark Continent, capturing the life and identity of African people in his subtle filming style. Tarzan jungle melodramas with its debilitating stereotypes of Africans reigned supreme on the silver screen for 68 years before Sembene made his film “Borom Sarret”. Other acclaimed directors include, Djibril Mambety, Mahama Traore, and Safi Faye. Senegal was and is without doubt the leading cinematic nation in West African cinema in terms of quality.

Touki Bouki

Selection of Films
- Le grand Magal de Touba, Blaise Senghor, 1961, L’empire sonhrai, Ousmane Sembene, 1963, Niaye, Ousmane Sembene, 1964, And the Snow Was Gone, Ababacar Samb Makharam, 1965, La noire de…, Ousmane Sembene, 1966, Borom sarret, Ousmane Sembene, 1966, Mandabi, Ousmane Sembene, 1968, Contras’ City, Djibril Diop Mambety, 1969, Diankha-Bi, Mahama Traore, 1969, Badou Boy, Djibril Mambety, 1970, Kodou, Ababacar Samb-Makharam, 1970, Tauw, Ousmane Sembene, 1970, Diegue-Bi, Mahama Traore, 1970, Guereo, village de Djibril N’Diaye, Thierno Faty Sow, 1970, Emitai, Ousmane Sembene, 1971, Serigne Assane, Tidiane Aw, 1971, Karim, Momar Thiam, 1971, Lambaaye, Mahama Traore, 1972, Reou-Takh, Mahama Traore, 1972, La passante, Safi Faye, 1972, Five Days in a Life, Souleymane Cisse, 1973, Touki Bouki, Djibril Diop Mamebety, 1973, N’Diangane, Mahama Traore, 1974, L’option, Thierno Faty Sow, 1974, Baks, Momar Thiam, 1974, Le bracelet de bronze, Tidiane Aw, 1974, Xala, Ousmane Sembene, 1975, Kaddu Beykat, Safi Faye, 1975, Les princes noirs de saint germain des pres, Ben Diogaye Beye, 1975, Garga M’Bosse, Mahama Traore, 1975, Ceddo, Ousmane Sembene, 1977, Tiyabu Biru, Moussa Bathily, 1978, Bako, the Other Shore, Jacques Champreux, 1979, Fad’jal, Safi Faye, 1979, Reewo Daande Maayo, N’Gaido Ba, 1979, Doomi Ngacc, William Ousmane Mbaye, L’oeil, Thierno Faty Sow, 1981, Dunde Yakaar, Ousmane William Mbaye, 1981, En résidence surveillée, Paulin Vieyra, 1981, Le certificat, Tidiane Aw, 1981, Le certificat d’indigence, Moussa Bathily, 1981, Jom, Ababacar Samb-Makharam, 1982, Sadaga, Momar Thiam, 1982, Selbe: One Among Many, Safi Faye, 1983, Sarax-si, Mahama Traore, 1983, Xew Xew, N’Gaido Ba, 1984, Camp de Thiaroye, Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Faty Sow, 1987, Petits blancs au manioc et à la sauce gombos, Moussa Bathily, 1987, Nitt… Ndoxx, Joseph Gaï Ramaka, 1988, Saaraba, Amadou Saalum Seck, 1988, Le prix du mensonge, Moussa Sene Absa, 1988, Niiwam, Clarence Thomas Delgado, 1988, Boulevards d’Afrique, Tam-Sir Doueb, Jean Rouch, 1989, Parlons grand-mère, Djibril Diop Mambety, 1989, Ken Bugul, Moussa Sene Absa, 1990, Fary l’anesse, Mansour Sora Wade, 1990, Dakar Clando, Ousmane William Mbyae, 1990, Toubab Bi, Moussa Toure, 1991, Entre nos mains, Moussa Sene Absa, 1991, Hyènes, Djibril Diop Mambety, 1992, Guelwaar, Ousmane Sembene, 1992, Molaan, Moussa Sene Absa, 1992, Fresco, Ousmane William Mbyae, 1992, Picc Mi, Mansour Sora Wade, 1992, Offrande à Mame Njare, Moussa Sene Absa, 1993, Aida Souka, Mansour Sora Wade, 1993, Rocking Poponguine, Moussa Sene Absa, 1994, Le franc, Djibril Mambety, 1994, Iso Lo, Mansour Sora Wade, 1994, Yalla yaana, Moussa Sene Absa, 1994, Names Live Nowhere, Dominqiue Loreau, 1994, Le voyage de Baba, Christine Eymeric, 1995, Mossane, Safi Faye, 1996, Tableau ferraille, Moussa Sene Absa, 1997, So Be It, Joseph Gai Ramaka, 1997, Waalo Fendo, Mohamed Soudani, 1997, Baraka, Jean-Paul Colleyn, Victoria Ebin, 1998, TGV, Moussa Toure, 1998, Jëf Jël, Moussa Sene Absa, 1998, Lettre a senghor, Samba Felix Ndiaye, 1998, La petite vendeuse de soleil, Djibril Diop Mambety, 1999, Blues pour une diva, Moussa Sene Absa, 1999, Even the Wind, Laurence Attali, 1999, Faat Kiné, Ousmane Sembene, 2000, Baobab, Laurence Attali, 2000, Almodou, Amadou Thior, 2000, Colobane Express, Khady Sylla, 2000, Battu, Cheick Oumar Sissoko, 2000, Karmen Geï, Joseph Gaï Ramaka, 2001, The Price of Forgiveness, Mansour Sora Wade, 2001, L’afrance, Alain Gomis, 2001, Poussieres de ville, Moussa Toure, 2001, Ainsi meurent les anges, Moussa Sene Absa, 2001, Une femme pour souleymane, Dyana Gaye, 2001, Madame Brouette, Moussa Sene Absa, 2002, Le fleuve, Mama Keita, 2003, Rwanda pour memoire, Samba Felix Ndiaye, 2003, Le déchaussé, Laurence Attali, 2003, Little Light, Alain Gomis, 2003, Moolaadé, Ousmane Sembene, 2004, Making of Moolade, Samba Gadjigo, 2004, Ngoyaan, le chant de la séduction, Moussa Sene Absa, 2004, Un amour d’enfant, Ben Diogaye Beye, 2004, Fatima, l’Algérienne de Dakar, Med Hondo, 2004, Xalima la plume, William Ousmane Mbaye, 2004, Wrestling Grounds, Cheikh Ndiaye, 2005, 5×5, Moussa Toure, 2005, Le sifflet, As Thiam, 2005, Nanga Def, Moussa Toure, 2005, Pourquoi?, Sokhna Amar, 2005, Deweneti, Dyana Gaye, 2006, Billo il grand dakhaar, Laura Muscardin, 2007, Teranga Blues, Moussa Sene Absa, 2007, Saint Louis Blues, Dyana Gaye, 2009, Ramata, Léandre-Alain Baker, 2009,Xali bet les yeux grands ouvert, Moussa Toure, 2009, Fire of Mansaré, Mansour Sora Wade, 2009, the Absence, Mama Keita, 2009, Atlantiques, Matti Diop, 2009, Mere-Bi, William Ousmane Mbaye, 2009

Ousmane Sembene

Important Filmmakers
- Moussa Sene Absa
- Laurence Attali
- N’Gaido Ba
- Ben Diogaye Beye
- Safi Faye
- Dyana Gaye
- Alain Gomis
- Mama Keita
- Djibril Diop Mambety
- Ousmane William Mbaye
- Samba Felix Ndiaye
- Joseph Gai Ramaka
- Ababacar Samb-Makharam
- Ousmane Sembene
- Thierno Faty Sow
- Momar Thiam
- Moussa Toure
- Mahama Traore
- Mansour Sora Wade

Film Festivals
- Festival international du film de quartier

Links
- Senegalese Film
- The Evolution of Senegalese Women in Cinema
- Djibril Diop Mambety Website
- Ousmane Sembene Interviews
- Safi Faye, Role Model

Books/Essays
- Cinema of Senegal, Llc
- Cinema of Ousmane Sembene: A Pioneer of African Film, Francoise Pfaff, Greenwood Press
- Sembene: Imagining Alternatives in Film and Fiction, David Murphy, James Currey
- Le cinéma au Sénégal, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, OCIC
- Djibril Diop Mambety: La caméra au bout— du nez, Momar Nar Sene, Harmattan

Selbe

Films/Trailers/Clips
- La Noire de…, Ousmane Sembene, 1966
- Xala, Ousmane Sembene, 1975
- Ceddo, Ousmane Sembene, 1977
- Camp de Thiaroye, Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Faty Sow, 1987
- Guelwaar, Ousmane Sembene, 1992
- Moolade, Ousmane Sembene, 2004
- Hyenas, Djibril Mambety, 1992
- Contras City, Djibril Mambety, 1968
- Le Franc, Djibril Mambety, 1994
- The Little Girl Who Sold the World, Djibril Mambety, 1999
- Dewenti, Dyana Gaye, 2006
- Mere-Bi, William Ousmane Mbaye, 2011

- Touki Bouki, Djibril Diop Mambety, Trailer
- Reou Takh, Mahama Traore, Trailer
- Lambaaye, Mahama Traore, Trailer
- Madame Brouette, Moussa Sene Absa, Trailer
- Karmen Gei, Joseph Gai Remaka, Trailer
- Le Prix du Pardon, Mansour Sora Wade, Trailer

SEYCHELLES
Quick Overview
The Seychelles with its 85.000 inhabitants scattered over more than 100 islands have no recorded cinematic history. The Seychelles government has founded a film unit which is responsible for exhibition and distribution of video (rental) and screened movies.

Commerical holiday documentary

Selection of Films
- Magazin ekonomik: Pti metye, Marie-Claire Elizabeth, 1989

Film Festivals
- SUBIOS

SIERRA LEONE
Quick Overview
The country of Sierra leone has been the ground of extreme civil violence. The country’s economy is devastated and human rights do hardly exist. There are no film production companies in Sierra Leone. Commercials and local programmes for SLBS (television broadasting company) are done by camera operators employed by the station. Otherwise the country relies on bought-in films which are shown at the few remaining theatres.

Imagine the Sky

Selection of Films
- Les Battants, Bintou Diarra, 2008, Fatal Birth, David Shoo, 2009, Brownstones To Red Dirt, Dave LaMattina, Chad N. Walker, 2010, Children of Mama Wata, Juan Antonio Moreno Amador, Silvia Venegas, 2010, God No Say So, Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky, 2010, Djambo, Sebastian Funke, 2010, Imagine, the Sky, Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky, 2011, Fambul Tok, Sara Terry, 2011

David Shoo

Important Filmmakers
- Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky

Film Festivals
- Freetown Film Festival

Links
- Sierra Leone National Film Workshop

Fambul Tok

Films/Trailers/Clips
- Fambul Tok, Sara Terry, 2011
- Imagine the Sky, Brigitte Uttar Korntezky, trailer
- Sembula, trailer

SOMALIA
Quick overview
The Somali film industry exists since Independence on July 1960. A steady growing number of production and distribution companies as well as actual cinema’s were in private ownership form. After the revolution of 1969, the production, importation and distribution of films became completely monopolized by the government. Privately owned cinema’s were replaced by State owned cinema’s. Civil war has virtually destroyed the country’s infrastructure and cinematic ouput is virtually non-existant.

Charcoal Traffic

Selection of Films
- The Countryside and the City, Hajji Cagakombe, 1963, Miyi io Magalo, Hadj Mohamed Giumale, 1968, Dan Iyo Xarago, Idriss Hassan Dirie, 1973, The Somali Dervish, Said Salaah, 1983 Geedka nolosha, Abdulkadir Ahmed Said, 1988 Aid For Somalia: A Losing Battle, Thierry Michel, 1994, De guerre lasse, Pierre Arragon, 1995, Charcoal Traffic, Nathan Colett, 2008, Queleh, Abdi Jama, Abraham Haile Biru, 2008, Toxic Somalia: l’autre piraterie, Paul Moreira, 2010, Stolen Seas, Thymaya Payne, 2011, Fishing Without Nets, Cutter Hodierne, 2011