Palavra-chave African History

A descoberta acidental de uma carta há muito perdida, leva Clarence a viajar desde as montanhas de Huesca até Bioko, em África, para visitar a terra onde o seu pai Jacobo e o tio Kilian passaram a maior parte das suas juventudes - a ilha de Fernando Pó. No coração de um território tão exuberante e sedutor como perigoso, Clarence desenterra os segredos de uma história de amor proibido, enquadrada por turbulentos fatores históricos cujas consequências ainda se fazem sentir no presente.

Agentes secretos abrem um hotel falso que serve de fachada para conseguirem salvar milhares de refugiados etíopes. Inspirado em factos reais.

South Africa, 1823. The Zulu Empire, headed by King Shaka, a brilliant but ruthless military strategist, begin to encroach on the British colony of Cape Town. A volunteer cadre of explorers, mercenaries and professional soldiers are sent to Zululand to try to make contact with Shaka and assess the real threat of his army.

Set in the 1700s, Shaka iLembe tells the story of the making of the iconic African king, with iterations from his early childhood through to adulthood.

North Africa, 1954. The Algerian war of independence begins, a traumatic and extremely violent catastrophe that for eight long years will shake and finally overthrow the foundations of the colonial regime established by France in 1830.

Africa: A Voyage of Discovery was a series about the history of Africa with Basil Davidson. It was produced in a collaboration between Channel 4, the Nigerian Television Authority and RM Arts in 1984 and consisted of eight parts in four episodes. The film received the Gold Award from the 1984 International Film and Television Festival of New York. Each part is around an hour long.