The Night Trains by Charles van Onselen
Introduction The Night Trains: Moving Mozambican Miners to and from the Witwatersrand Mines, 1902-1955 is a historical non-fiction novel written by Charles van Onselen and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers in South Africa in 2019. Van Onselen is a South African historian. He has written extensively on 19th and 20th century Southern African history and is the author of numerous acclaimed volumes. He currently serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the...
Beyond Borders: The Journey of Moffo Christian Foo
An unforgettable journey of resilience, sacrifice, and survival. Moffo Christian Foo never sought to be a hero, but when the land he loved, Southern Cameroons, now Ambazonia became a battleground for exploitation and suppression, he was left with only one choice: fight for his people or flee for his life. A devoted father and fearless advocate, Moffo witnessed firsthand the relentless grip of oppression and the silencing of those who dared to...
Stay Up: A Documentary on Trauma, Dance & Healing Through Movement - Film Review
Stay Up tells the story of Mariam Doumbia, a young dancer from Mali who finds in dance a path to healing after a childhood marked by repeated sexual abuse. Forced to leave her home country, Mariam relocates to Burkina Faso, where she enrols in a dance school in Ouagadougou. There, through movement and choreography, she begins to confront her past, preparing not only for her final performance but also for a deeper reckoning with the traumas she carries...
What's Eating My Mind: African documentary on Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder & Advocacy
What's Eating My Mind is an intimate and powerful documentary directed by Noelle Luka, a young Kenyan filmmaker who is also its protagonist and the author of the footage. The story begins when Noelle, forced to abandon her university studies in the United States after a psychotic episode, returns to her parents' home in Nairobi. From this point on, the documentary unfolds as both a personal and collective journey, in which the director invites us into her daily life with bipolar...
