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Portal:African cinema/Selected_quotes/5 "We all know what Nollywood is supposed to represent — it’s the VHS films that were made back in the day. So, to still be called Nollywood, for me, is a no. We need to use terms like African filmmakers or Nigerian filmmakers"
“In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.”— Alex Haley “It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness ...
These sweet family quotes are just the thing to read out loud at your next reunion. If you love your spouse and kids, you'll enjoy reading these sayings. Share These Heart-Warming Family Quotes ...
“My sense of purpose is to do that [tell African stories]. I am, first and foremost, an artist, and my African identity is my inspiration.” Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican-American actress and producer. Lupita Nyong'o
It is barely 75 years when the European Powers sat round the table in Germany each holding a dagger to carve up Africa for its own benefit.… Your success will inspire and speed up the freedom and total independence of the African continent and eradicate imperialism and colonialism from the continent and eventually neo-colonialism from the globe…
Following the accession to independence of its African colonies beginning in 1959, [10] France continued to maintain a sphere of influence over the new countries, which was critical to then President Charles de Gaulle's vision of France as a global power (or grandeur in French) and as a bulwark to British and American influence in a post ...
France (born in Madagascar) Literature: 1986 Wole Soyinka Nigeria: First Black African person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature [4] 1988 Naguib Mahfouz Egypt: First Egyptian and North African to win a Nobel Prize in Literature: 1991 Nadine Gordimer South Africa: First White African woman to win a Nobel Prize 1993 Nelson Mandela: Peace: 1993 ...
Maimouna Ndiaye in 2023 "Unlike in the West, cinema is very young [on the continent]. In Africa, we tend to think that there are more pressing matters to deal with than cinema.