In today's world, we are inundated with illness—not only physical disease like COVID-19, but also social and political maladies. The rise of extreme-right movements, escalating violence, and human suffering highlight our global sickness. For so long, art, knowledge,...
Jean-Pierre Bekolo : “Les cinéastes africains craignent la littérature”
Le réalisateur camerounais Thierry Ntamack annonce pour bientôt la sortie officielle de son prochain film Walaande. Une adaptation du roman éponyme de l'écrivaine camerounaise Djaïli Amadou Amal. Le long métrage fiction est le produit du programme Scripto Sensa...
The African Spiritual Void
In discovering Candomblé, the Afro-Brazilian religion born from slavery, I began to reflect on Africa's current spirituality. Afro-Brazilians teach us a crucial lesson: when Africans face dehumanizing and unbearable conditions, they must resist, and this resistance...
Brazil: From the Capoeirista to the Muntu
The Brazilian model of racial mixing has long been considered a utopia, a vision of what a non-racist humanity could be. Mixed race is indeed a reality in Brazil, a country where almost everyone is, in some way, a little black, a little white, a little indigenous......
Launched in 2015, aiming to create an African film studio rooted in the jungle of Cameroon, reflects Bekolo’s vision of becoming a self-sufficient creative hub, breaking away from post-colonial dependencies. The studio produced “Our Wishes,” a TV series that tells the colonial history of Cameroon during the arrival of the Germans. Zili represents a center for African cinematic creativity, empowering local narratives while fostering independence and innovation in film production.
Healing Cinema: Reimagining Humanity and African Cinema from a Place of Transformation
In today's world, we are inundated with illness—not only physical disease like COVID-19, but also social and political maladies. The rise of extreme-right movements, escalating violence, and human suffering highlight our global sickness. For so long, art, knowledge,...
Jean-Pierre Bekolo : “Les cinéastes africains craignent la littérature”
Le réalisateur camerounais Thierry Ntamack annonce pour bientôt la sortie officielle de son prochain film Walaande. Une adaptation du roman éponyme de l'écrivaine camerounaise Djaïli Amadou Amal. Le long métrage fiction est le produit du programme Scripto Sensa...
The African Spiritual Void
In discovering Candomblé, the Afro-Brazilian religion born from slavery, I began to reflect on Africa's current spirituality. Afro-Brazilians teach us a crucial lesson: when Africans face dehumanizing and unbearable conditions, they must resist, and this resistance...
Brazil: From the Capoeirista to the Muntu
The Brazilian model of racial mixing has long been considered a utopia, a vision of what a non-racist humanity could be. Mixed race is indeed a reality in Brazil, a country where almost everyone is, in some way, a little black, a little white, a little indigenous......