Josiah Kibira alinganishwa na Sembene Ousmane!

Wadau, Mtengeneza sinema wa kiTanzania, Josiah Kibira amelinganishwa na mtengeneza sinema maarufu wa kiafrika, marehemu Sembene Ousmane. Gene Siskel Film Center ambayo inatambulika hapa Marekani kama sehemu maarufu inayotoa maoni juu ya sinema inasema kuwa sinema, Bongoland II ni kama aina ya sinema ambazo alitengeneza marehemu Sembene. Inafanya mtazamaji afikirie kwa undani.

Kati ya watengeneza sinema wote wa kiafrika, Sembene ndiye anajulikana zaidi kwa ajili ya sinema zake kama Moolaade, Xala na Faat Kine.

Bongoland II itaonyeshwa Chicago mwezi ujao, na Detroit hivi karibuni, tarehe za Detroit bado hatujapata.

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BONGOLAND II: THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME 2008,
Josiah Kibira, Tanzania, 100 min.
With Peter Omari, Thecla Mjatta

In his first film BONGOLAND (2003), Josiah Kibira related the misadventures of Juma, a Tanzanian immigrant in Minnesota. In this self-sufficient sequel, Juma returns to Tanzania (aka Bongoland) to manage a company. His American-style ideas about efficiency and motivation meet with a less than enthusiastic response, and, when Mom’s visit produces some jaw-dropping revelations, he discovers that his relationship to his homeland has become even more tenuous. The film’s sharp, angry satire recalls such Ousmane Sembene classics as XALA and GUELWAAR. In Swahili with English subtitles. DV-CAM video. (MR)

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Rest in Peace Sembene Ousmane - 1923 -2007

Bila shaka wadau wengi mmesoma vitabu vya African Writers Series. Hivyo jina la Sembene Ousmane si ngeni kwenu. Alikuwa ni MSenegal. Alitunga vitabu vingi vikiwemo, God's Bits of Wood, na Xala.

Zaidi ya kuandika vitabu, marehemu Sembene alikuwa ni muongoza sinema maarufu barani Afrika. Alikuwa anaitwa, " The Father of African Cinema" yaani baba wa sinema Afrika. Hiyo ni kwa sababu alikuwa ni mwafrika wa kwanza kujulikana katika viwanjavya sinema vya kimataifa kama Hollywood. Huenda mmeona sinema zake za Xala, Faat Kine, Black Girl na Moolaade. Aliongoza kama sinema kumi na tano. Huko Afrika Magharibi hasa nchi zilizotawaliwa na Mfaransa (francophone) zimeendelea sana katika sinema kuliko nchi zilizotawaliwa na Mwingereza. Sinema zao huwa zina ubora zaidi kuliko za Anglophone.

Kwa kweli sijui kama alifariki mpaka jana nilipokuwa naangalia sherehe za Academy Awards (Oscars). Katika kumbukumbu ya waliofariki mwaka uliyopita alikuwemo. Mbona nilishutuka.

Sembene Ousamane alifariki nyumbani kwake Dakar, Senegal, mwezi Juni mwaka jana. Alikuwa na miaka 84.

REPOSE EN PAIX - REST IN PEACE