Song of Africa explained

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)

Notes and References

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