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African Independence, Benjamin Mkapa, China in Africa, cold war in Africa, Dedan Kimathi, FW de Klerk, John Kufuor, Jomo Kenyatta, Kenneth Kaunda, Mau Mau, Samia Nkrumah, Tukufu Zuberi
Yesterday, I attended the opening screening of the African Diaspora International Film Festival, which continues at the Goethe Institute in Chinatown through this weekend. The first screening was ‘African Independence‘, a film by Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, a Professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania (who was in attendance). I tend to view Americans with romantic notions of Africa in a weary manner (perhaps because I am very self-conscious about my own tendencies to do so), so I admit to having some preconceived thoughts as to how someone raised in Oakland with an adopted Swahili name would tackle the issue of African independence. Continue reading