Song of Africa

Song of Africa is a 1951 South African black-and-white film directed by Emil Nofal.[1]

The film follows a man who returns to his village with a gramophone and musical instruments to start a Zulu jazz band.[2] Daniel Makiza and the Black Broadway Boys appear in the film.[1]

It is one of four films made between 1949 and 1951 documenting original music and performances by Africans.[3] One scholar described the plot as thin.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Song of Africa finale". global.oup.com.
  2. ↑ "Song Of Africa". Villon Films.
  3. ↑ "Song and genocide: Investigating the function of Yvonne Chaka Chaka's Umqombothi in Hotel Rwanda".
  4. ↑ Maingard, Jacqueline (2003). "Bokkies/Moffies: Cinematic Images of Black Sexual Identity in 'Zonk!' (1950)". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 16 (1): 25–43. doi:10.1080/1369681032000169249. JSTOR 3181383. S2CID 191474513.


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