Africa in the Movies

The African Continent has served as a backdrop for many features. Among the more important are West of Zanzibar ( 1928), A Dangerous Woman ( 1929), Sanders of the River ( 1935), Song of Freedom ( 1936), Rhodes of Africa ( U.S. Rhodes, 1936), King Solomon's Mines ( 1937), Stanley and Livingstone ( 1939), Africa Screams ( 1949), The African Queen ( 1951), The Snows of Kilimanjaro ( 1952), Mogambo ( 1953), Call Me Bwana ( 1963), Guns at Batasi ( 1964), White Hunter ( 1965), Noir et Blanc en Couleur/Black and White in Color ( 1976), Raid on Entebbe ( 1977), Victory at Entebbe ( 1977), The Gods Must Be Crazy ( 1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1982), Greystoke ( 1985), King Solomon's Mines ( 1986), and Out of Africa ( 1986). The many features in the "Tarzan" series have also been set in Africa.

Two early adventurers-cum-cinematographers Martin E. and Osa Johnson made a number of features set in Africa, including Trailing African Wild Animals ( 1923), Congorilla ( 1932), and Baboona ( 1935). After the death of her husband in 1937, Osa Johnson worked solo, with later films including I Married Adventure ( 1940) and African Paradise ( 1942). Osa Johnson published a volume on the careers of herself and her husband, I Married Adventure ( Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott), in 1940.

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