Opening scene from Mandabi
father of African film
Ousmane Sembène
Neocolonialism
is passed on culturally, through the cinema. And that’s why African cinema is
being controlled from Paris, London, Lisbon, Rome, and even America. And that’s
why we see almost exclusively the worst French, American, and Italian films.
Cinema from the beginning has worked to destroy the native African culture and
the myths of our heroes. A lot of films have been made about Africa, but they
are stories of European and American invaders with Africa serving as a decor.
Instead of being taught our ancestry, the only thing we know is Tarzan. And
when we do look on our past, there are many among us who are not flattered, who
perceive Africa with a certain alienation learned from the cinema. Movies have
infused a European style of walking, a European style of doing. Even African
gangsters are inspired by the cinema.
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