Media About Africa

These media have helped me learn about Africa.

Books - Recommended

Also see my books on LibraryThing.

• Achebe, Chinua - Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease
• Amah, Ayi Kwei - The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
• Bass, Thomas - Camping with the Prince
• Chilson, Peter - Riding the Demon: On the Road in West Africa
• Davidson, Basil - The Search for Africa
• Delors, Jacques - Learning: The Treasure Within: Report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century
• Greider, William - One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism
• Harden, Blaine - Africa
• Harding, Jeremy - The Fate of Africa
• Harrison, Paul - Inside the Third World
• Hochschild, Adam - The Mirror at Midnight
• Hochschild, Adam - King Leopold's Ghost
• La Guma, Alex - A Walk in the Night
• Lessing, Doris - African Laughter
• Lowther and Lucas - Keeping Kennedy's Promise
• Maier, Karl - Into the House of the Ancestors
• M'Baye, Mariétou - The Abandoned Baobab
• Schumacher, Ernst - Small is Beautiful
• Some, Malidoma Patrice - Of Water and the Spirit
• Taylor, Stephen - Livingston's Tribe
• Thiong'o, Ngugi wa - A Grain of Wheat
• Thiong'o, Ngugi wa - Decolonising the Mind
• Thiong'o, Ngugi wa - Petals of Blood
• Tidwell, Mike - The Ponds of Kalambayi: An African Soujourn
• Tutuola, Amos - The Palm Wine Drinkard
• Vassanji, M. G. - The Book of Secrets

Books - Interesting

• Aebi, Ernst - Seasons of Sand
• Alexander, Caroline - One Dry Season
• Aman: the story of a Somali girl
• Dostert, Pierre Etienne - Africa 1997
• Elechi, Amadi - The Concubine
• Herrera, Susana - Mango Elephants in the Sun : How Life in an African Village Let Me Be in My Skin
• In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the brink of disaster in Mobutu's Congo - Michela Wrong
• Lamb, David - The Africans
• Maraire, J. Nozipo - Zenzele : A Letter for My Daughter
• Mukiwa: a white boy in Africa
• Nine hills to Nambonkaha: Two years in the heart of an African village - Sarah Erdman
• Nisa: the life and words of a !Kung woman
• Nthunya, Mpho - Singing away the hunger: the autobiography of an African woman
• Paton, Alan - Cry the Beloved Country
• Samkange, Stanlake - The Mourned One
• The New Africa: Dispatches from a changing continent - Robert M Press
• Thomsen, Moritz - Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle
• The worlds of a Maasai warrior: an autobiography

Magazines

• New African
• Africa Today
• BBC Focus on Africa
• Jeune Afrique

Radio Stations (Short Wave)

• BBC - British Broadcast Corporation
• RFI - Radio France International
• VOA - Voice of America - heavy propaganda but a few tolerable shows

Films

• Africa Dreaming (Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tunisia) ***
• Africa: A History Denied (USA)
• Africa: Its People and Promise (USA)
• Africa: National Geographic (USA)
• Africa on the move
• African and African-American religions
• African Queen (USA)
• Africans (series, including Bible and Gun, Magnificent Cake, Rise of Nationalism, Legacy) (Basil Davidson) ***
• Africans (9-video series) (Ali Mazrui)
• Afrique je te plumerai (Cameroon)
• Allah Tantou (Guinea, South Africa)
• Angano (tales from Madagascar) ***
• A Walk in the Night (South Africa) ***
• Baka: Peole of the forest
• La bataille d'Algiers (Algeria)
• Ca twiste a Poponguine (Senegal)
• Chef! and La tete dans les nuages (Cameroon) ***
• Chocolat (Cameroon)
• Clando (Cameroon)
• Cobra Verde
• Cry the Beloved Country (South Africa)
• Dakan (Guinea)
• Divine carcasse (Benin)
• Education: A Basic Human Right (South Africa) ***
• Everyone's Child (Zimbabwe)
• Femmes aux yeux ouverts (Togo)
• Flame (Zimbabwe) ***
• Fintar o Destinho (Cape Verde) ***
• The flame trees of Thika
• Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask 
• La gènese (Mali) ***
• Gito l'Ingrat (Burundi)
• The Gods Must Be Crazy (Botswana)
• Gorillas in the mist (USA)
• Le grand blanc de Lambarene (Gabon)
• Guimba (Mali)
• Guelwaar (Senegal)
• Hyenas (Senegal) ****
• In and Out of Africa (art merchants of West Africa)
• In a Time of Violence (South Africa) ***
• Jit (Zimbabwe)
• Journey back to Africa (USA)
• Keita l'heritage du griot (Burkina Faso)
• The Language You Cry In (US/Ghana)
• Liberia: America's stepchild
• Lumumba: mort d'un prophete (DR Congo) ***
• Mandela (South Africa)
• Mandela and de Klerk (South Africa, USA)
• Mapantsula (South Africa) ***
• Mortu Nega (Guinea-Bissau) ***
• Namibia: Africa's Last Colony ***
• The Nile - Jacques Cousteau
• Nirgendwo in Africa (Nowhere in Africa)
• Out of Africa (USA)
• An outpost of progress
• La petite vendeuse de soleil (Senegal) ****
• Pièces d'identités (Belgium/DRC) ***
• Prime Time South Africa
• Quartier Mozart (Cameroon) ***
• The Roof of Africa
• Rostov-Luanda (Angola) ***
• Saaraba (Senegal)
• Sango Malo (Cameroon) ***
• Sarafina (South Africa, USA) ***
• Shaka Zulu
• The Silent Killer: AIDS in South Africa
• The snows of Kilimanjaro (USA)
• South Africa: The greatest journeys on earth
• South Africa
• South Africa & Lesotho - The Rough Guide
• Taafe Fanga (Mali) ***
• Tableau Feraille (Senegal)
• O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno (Cape Verde) ***
• Three Tales from Senegal (Le Franc, Fary L'Anesse, Picc Mi) ***
• Toivo Child of Hope (Namibia)
• Touki Bouki (Senegal) ****
• Udju Azul di Yonta (Guinea Bissau)
• La vie est belle (DR Congo) ***
• La vie sur terre (Mali) ****
• Voices of Sarafina (South Africa, USA)
• Wend Kuuni (Burkina Faso)
• When the stars meet the sea (Madagascar) ***
• Yeelen (Mali)
• You Africa (Senegal)
• Zan Boko (Burkina Faso)

Musicians and Music Groups

• Also see the Putumayo World Music home page.
• Ali Farka Touré - Mali
• Alpha Blondy - Côte d'Ivoire
• Amampondo - South Africa
• Angelique Kidjo - Benin
• Aster Aweke - Ethiopia
• Baaba Maal - Senegal
• Badar Ali Khan - Algeria?
• Bachir Attar - Algeria?
• Cesaria Evora - Cape Verde
• Cheikh Lô - Senegal
• D'Gary - Madagascar
• Dalom Kids - South Africa
• Djur Djura - Algeria
• Ebenezer Obey - Nigeria
• Eyuphuro - Mozambique
• Fela Anakulapo Kuti - Nigeria
• Franco - DR Congo
• Geoffrey Oryema - Tanzania?
• Gigi Gregory - Namibia
• Habib Koité and Bamada - Mali
• Hamza el Din - Egypt
• Henri Dikongué - Cameroon
• Hugh Masekela - South Africa
• Idir - Algeria
• Ismael Lô - Mali
• Jackson Kaujeua - Namibia
• Johnny Clegg and Juluka - South Africa
• Kagera Stars - Tanzania
• Kanda Bongo Man - DR Congo
• Kassav - DR Congo
• Khaled - Algeria
• King Sunny Adé - Nigeria
• Kukia Ahmadi Kagera Stars - Tanzania
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo - South Africa
• Loketo - Tanzania
• Lucky Dube - South Africa
• Majek Fashek - Nigeria
• Malathini and the Mahotella Queens - South Africa
• Mamadou Diabate - Mali
• Manu Dibango - Cameroon
• Maryam Mursal - Somalia
• Maua - Tanzania
• Miriam Makeba - South Africa
• Mwazakhe Mbuli - South Africa
• Mwinjuma Mumini - Tanzania
• Nabilophone - Morocco
• Najat Aatabu - Morocco
• Night Spirit Masters - Morocco
• Ntate Modise - South Africa
• Oliver Mtukudzi - Zimbabwe
• Om Kolthoum - Egypt
• Oumou Sangaré - Mali
• O'Yaba - South Africa
• Papa Wemba - DR Congo
• Pépé Kallé - DR Congo
• Phili Tabane - South Africa
• Pieter Augab - Namibia
• Ras Sheehama - Namibia
• Red Star Kagera - Tanzania
• Reho Combo - Namibia
• Remmy Ongala - Tanzania
• Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca - DR Congo
• Rossy - Madagascar
• Saida - Tanzania
• Salif Keita - Mali
• Samite - Uganda
• Sam Mangwana - DR Congo
• Sammy Massamba - DR Congo
• Sarafina soundtrack - South Africa/USA
• Sawt al Haouz - Morocco
• Selaelo Selota - South Africa
• Seleshe Demassae - Ethiopia
• Splash - South Africa
• Skylarks - South Africa
• Soul Brothers - South Africa
• Splash - South Africa
• Tabu Rey (Rochereau) - Congo
• Têtes Brulées - Cameroon
• Thomas Mapfumo - Zimbabwe
• Toure Kunda - Senegal
• Wasis Diop - Senegal
• Youssou N'Dour - Senegal
• Yvonne Chaka Chaka - South Africa
• Zap Mama - DR Congo
• Zulu Spear - South Africa