Nyckelord African History

En ung kvinna hittar en fascinerande ledtråd i ett gammalt brev och reser till familjens plantage i tropikerna för att börja nysta i generationer av hemligheter.

Hemliga agenter öppnar ett turisthotell som en front för att smuggla tusentals etiopiska flyktingar till säkerhet. Inspirerad av verkliga händelser.

Ndola, Nordrhodesia (nuvarande Zambia), 18 september 1961. Den svenske ekonomen och diplomaten Dag Hammarskjöld, FN:s generalsekreterare, dör under mystiska omständigheter i en flygkrasch. Årtionden senare undersöker den danske journalisten och filmskaparen Mads Brügger och den svenske forskaren Göran Björkdahl fallet i jakt på ett slutgiltigt avslut.

Set in the 1700s, Shaka iLembe tells the story of the making of the iconic African king, with iterations from his early childhood through to adulthood.

South Africa, 1823. The Zulu Empire, headed by King Shaka, a brilliant but ruthless military strategist, begin to encroach on the British colony of Cape Town. A volunteer cadre of explorers, mercenaries and professional soldiers are sent to Zululand to try to make contact with Shaka and assess the real threat of his army.

North Africa, 1954. The Algerian war of independence begins, a traumatic and extremely violent catastrophe that for eight long years will shake and finally overthrow the foundations of the colonial regime established by France in 1830.

Africa: A Voyage of Discovery was a series about the history of Africa with Basil Davidson. It was produced in a collaboration between Channel 4, the Nigerian Television Authority and RM Arts in 1984 and consisted of eight parts in four episodes. The film received the Gold Award from the 1984 International Film and Television Festival of New York. Each part is around an hour long.