Song of Africa is a 1951 black and white film made in South Africa. It was directed by Emil Nofal, an Afrikaner.[1]
The film is about a man who returns to his village with a gramaphone and musical instruments to start a Zulu Jazz band.[2] Daniel Makiza and the Black Broadway Boys perform.[1]
It is one of four films made from 1949-1951 documenting original music and performances by Africans.[3] A scholar described the plot as thin.[4]
See also
- African Jim, 1949 film
- The Magic Garden (1951 film)
References
- 1 2 "Song of Africa finale". global.oup.com.
- ↑ "Song Of Africa". Villon Films.
- ↑ "(PDF) Song and genocide: Investigating the function of Yvonne Chaka Chaka's Umqombothi in Hotel Rwanda".
- ↑ Maingard, Jacqueline (2003). "Bokkies/Moffies: Cinematic Images of Black Sexual Identity in "Zonk!" (1950)". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 16 (1): 25–43 – via JSTOR.
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