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Making films against amnesia

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By Basia Cummings Verified, Johan Gimonprez, Zahra Moloo, Jordan Teicher
| Africa Is a Country
Interview by Zahra Moloo Johan Grimonprez is the director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, a film whose main theme is the assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in 1961.
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Back to the future

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By Basia Cummings Verified, Rose Miyonga, Wangui Kimari, Lauren Brown Verified
| The AIAC Podcast
Mau Mau histories continue to be either silenced, rewritten or confined to the past by those in power. But the haunting narratives of those Mau Mau veterans who remain, and the angsts of their grandchildren and great grandchildren, amplify the grievances that prompted these original freedom fighters to take up arms: the demand for land and freedom. This post is part of a series of republications from The Elephant, curated by one of our editorial board members, Wangui Kimari.
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Restaging global history

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By Basia Cummings Verified, Sara Hanaburgh, Sara Geenen, Christoph Vogel
| Africa Is a Country
The void of written records about Mansa Musa, king of the Mali Empire (1312-1332) is deeply troubling. This is the subject of director Joe Penney’s 26-minute short performative documentary, Sun of the Soil (2020), featured as part of the 2021 “Notes from Home” themed New York African Film Festival.
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