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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
Zuberi speaking after the film
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
