Afrique, Je Te Plumerai Movie Review 1992

Documentary essay moving from present to past traces 100 years of cultural genocide in Africa as three European powers colonize the indigenous culture of Cameroon. Once a Sho-mon speaking people, 30 years into its independence Cameroon must work toward reclaiming its intellectual and artistic culture, suppressed by the European influences still evident today. In French with English subtitles.

Distribution

California Newsreel, PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407, Phone: (415)284-7800, Toll-free: 877-811-7495, Fax: (802)846-1850, Email: contact@newsreel.org, URL: http://www.newsreel.org

Available on VHS
Running time 88 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films, Africa, History--Modern, Black Culture, Politics & Government, Europe, Language Arts

Director

Jean-Marie Teno

Producer

Jean-Marie Teno