Nervous Conditions
The story of "Nervous Conditions" takes place in this country.
What is Rhodesia/Zimbabwe?
This nation was the first sub-Saharan country to gain its independence in 1957.
What is Ghana?
"Camp de Thiaroye" is about African soldiers returning from this conflict.
What is WWII?
This musical instrument associated with country music has kits origins in Africa.
What is the banjo?
The civil war in this country involved three ethnic groups: the Ibo, the Yoruba, and the Hausa.
What is Nigeria?
Tambu decides to cultivate a small piece of land and grow this, to supplement her school fees.
What is maize, or "mealies"?
At Ghana's independence celebration, a man tells this visiting dignitary who asks him how it feels to be free, "I wouldn't know -- I'm from Alabama."
Who is Richard Nixon?
This movie, Nigeria’s first submission for the Oscar for best international film, was disqualified because the movie was predominantly shot in Nigeria’s official language — English.
What is "Lionheart"?
Steve Biko founded this anti-apartheid group.
What is the South African Students' Organization?
Julius Nyerere championed "African Socialism" as the leader of this country.
What is Tanzania?
Tambu notices that when Nhamo returns from school he has become anglicized, and claims that he has forgotten how to speak this language.
What is Shona?
What is Senegal?
Lionel Rosin managed to film "Come Back, Africa" in Johannesburg by claiming he was doing this.
What is making a musical?
The Tanzanian government's plan to build a highway through this region threatened to disrupt the wildebeast population.
What is the Serengeti?
One of the major episodes of the anti-apartheid movement as the government massacre of demonstrators in 1960 at this city.
What is Sharpeville?
Babamukuru and Nyasha get into a terrible fight that turns physical, over Nyasha's behavior at this event.
What is a Christmas party?
He was the first, and very short-lived, leader of independent Congo.
Who is Patrice Lumumba?
In "A Trip to the Country," Jean-Marie Teno documents his journey to his home town in this country.
What is Cameroon?
Thando Hopa was the first albino to appear on the cover of this fashion magazine.
What is "Vogue"?
One of Lumumba's opponents in his effort to unify the Congo was the leader of this mineral-rich province.
What is Katanga?
Tambu is surprised to learn that Maiguru has this academic distinction.
What is a masters in philosophy?
Nelson Mandela was a leader of this organization that ultimately brought independence to South Africa.
What is the African National Congress?
He created a new musical movement, "Afrobeat."
Who is ela Anikulapo-Kuti?
Musicians in Africa get profit from three sorts of "rights": Performance rights, mechanical rights, and these.
What are "Needle-time" rights?
Corruption in the marketing board of this commodity helped precipitate the crisis that brought independence to Ghana.
What is cocoa?