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African sci fi and horror films

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Posted 10 September 2002 - 08:13 PM

Anyone know of any African sci fi and/or horror films that were made?

I hear Nigerian produces more films than Hollywood, I'm guessing they probably made a few. Know of any titles?

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Posted 10 September 2002 - 11:51 PM

Can I ask u a question in return?
Are you doing a paper on African culture or something? Cos you always ask those next level questions - from languages to country info and movies... :lol:

This particular question made me curious too, and I guess there are some Nigerian, Ghanaian, Tanzanian soap-like videos in these genres...

I do have two Tanzanian martial arts videos which are poorly made, I guess these days you could get higher quality but this is like 1995/6...
one movie called Shamba Kubwa (large field) and the other one Unga Adui (cocaine the enemy)... its still fun, done by the Black Ninja Group from Tanga town in Tanzania, and in one of them there is an appearance of a rap crew. Lots of kung fu fighting going on.

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Posted 11 September 2002 - 03:28 AM

Is anime sold in video stores and shown on television in African countries? And is tokusatsu(which are Japanese live action sci fi shows like Ultraman, Kamen Rider, sentai, etc.) sold and shown also?

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Posted 11 September 2002 - 11:56 AM

Am sure you can get those in cape town (sa) but not in all countries...
why u want to know all this?

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Posted 11 September 2002 - 08:32 PM

:lol: I saw this one called Sango! when i was in ghana..

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Posted 11 September 2002 - 11:27 PM

clenhedfist said:

:lol: I saw this one called Sango! when i was in ghana..


Sango: The Legendary African King?

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Posted 12 September 2002 - 11:41 AM

african sci-fi hahaa....that just got me rolling...anyway I doubt there are any african sci-fi, but there are quite a lot that falls into the other catagories....most that I've seen and got are about black magic and such....will let you know if I find any like sci-fi or you know what I mean?
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Posted 12 September 2002 - 11:48 AM

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Is anime sold in video stores and shown on television in African countries? And is tokusatsu(which are Japanese live action sci fi shows like Ultraman, Kamen Rider, sentai, etc.) sold and shown also?

yeah in the northern and northern eastern part of african they do show those kind of programs on the TV but the translation are in arabic. you can also find anime and various other cartoons or movies including martial arts movies on VHS for sale. when I was in kenya 3 years back I was able to collect 5 parts of the movie "THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY" its really old but damnn funny

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Posted 16 September 2002 - 11:11 AM

African sc fi I believe is still bit out of our league. I try to follow African movies and productions but never heard of that. If you want my opinion
The best African Movies are not in Nigeria. They are in North Africa. You’ll get a wide genre of movies, and then the best comedy movies come from South Africa. If you haven’t watched Mr. bones then you better watch it. Produced by Anat sigh the leading name in South African film industry. But there are some good movies that border between horror and ancient spiritualism. African culture has a different kind of horror compared to the Hollywood horror. So you may find movies about voodoo and zombies but no vampires. Try this link for a new movie that was just done in Tanzania. is a good example of an African perspective of horror and spiritualism. Then also visit this site. I think is bit outdated in terms of movies but check it out. If you need more info I’m here. But like J4 asked. What do you do with yourself cause your questions are very interesting. You can also check for some rushed jobs.
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Posted 16 September 2002 - 11:11 AM

African sc fi I believe is still bit out of our league. I try to follow African movies and productions but never heard of that. If you want my opinion
The best African Movies are not in Nigeria. They are in North Africa. You’ll get a wide genre of movies, and then the best comedy movies come from South Africa. If you haven’t watched Mr. bones then you better watch it. Produced by Anat sigh the leading name in South African film industry. But there are some good movies that border between horror and ancient spiritualism. African culture has a different kind of horror compared to the Hollywood horror. So you may find movies about voodoo and zombies but no vampires. Try this link for a new movie that was just done in Tanzania. is a good example of an African perspective of horror and spiritualism. Then also visit this site. I think is bit outdated in terms of movies but check it out. If you need more info I’m here. But like J4 asked. What do you do with yourself cause your questions are very interesting. You can also check for some rushed jobs.
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Posted 16 September 2002 - 06:46 PM

:arrow: YEP thats the one...
did you see it? what did you think?
it was cool... im puerto rican and we have a saint called Chango who is the same...i like to see the connections...
PEACE

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Posted 17 September 2002 - 05:15 PM

clenchedfist said:

:arrow: YEP thats the one...
did you see it? what did you think?
it was cool... im puerto rican and we have a saint called Chango who is the same...i like to see the connections...
PEACE

I actually looked it up on the internet movie database

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Posted 17 September 2002 - 06:28 PM

I was hoping african sci fi with giant monsters, giant robots polited by humans, or armored heroes. I guess not.

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Posted 18 September 2002 - 12:19 AM

I have a few Nigerian films that rock! My favorite is called Sakobi: the Snake Girl. There are lots of movies with supernatural things going on but few them include special effects, "ritual" scenes, and choreographed dance sequences like those of Sakobi.

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Posted 18 September 2002 - 03:21 AM

sounds cool ill keep my eyes open...

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Posted 18 September 2002 - 04:41 AM

Is the any giant monster films similar is Godzila, Gamera, Yongaary, etc. or how about giant robots piloted by humans similar to Macross, Gundam, Getter Robo, etc.?

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Posted 18 September 2002 - 07:33 AM

Delugviathan said:

I was hoping african sci fi with giant monsters, giant robots polited by humans, or armored heroes. I guess not.

8) I have seen outstanding newspaper animated series around, but the film and TV industry is not there yet. But this is a story that will stand side by side with superman Spiderman and the rest. I think our cartoonists are traveling so fast for the TV and film industry in Africa to catch up. But those stories are there but they are not yet documented on film Or TV.I know Nigerians are trying hard but it’s just recently that their government decided to regulate the industry cause most of their producers have been abusing the noble art of film making.
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