Kwaw Ansah's Love brewed in the African pot.
African films continue to face many problems competing with other films on the international level. The more the film industry fights for international recognition, the more it lags due to many reasons.
African films are only watched by Africans and other Third World countries. According to film critics, the stories used for most of the African films are insignificant, and thus, if the African film industry wants their films to be accepted on an international level, then they must base the films on good stories.
Kwaw Ansah’s “Love Brewed in an African Port” tackles the residual effects of still-recent colonialism on the minds and hearts of the Ghanaian people. Despite the problems and barriers, Kwaw Ansah’s “Love Brewed in an African Port,” released in 1981, achieved success both in Africa and on the international level.
Ansah’s hope in making the film was that it would prove to be popular both with African audiences and well-regarded critics and peers. He was successful on both grounds.
The film earned awards worldwide, including the prestigious Omar Ganda Prize for most “remarkable direction and production in line with African realities” at the seventh Pan-African Film Festival (FEPACO), the first to be awarded to a film from an Anglophone country; the UNESCO film award in France; and the Jury’s Special Silver Peacock Award for a genuine and talented attempt to find a national cultural identity at the International Film Festival of India.
Camara Laye
"The Radiance of the King" is one of Guinean-born Camara Laye's symbolic novels. A white man called Clarence has just arrived in Africa, but has already lost all his money at gambling.
As a result, he has been thrown out of his hotel; he finds refuge in an African Inn.
Clarence goes out to find the African king of the country to enter his service. The king arrives on one of the rare occasions when he does appear in public, but Clarence cannot get more than a glimpse of him.
He is joined by an impudent beggar and subsequently by a pair of boys, Nagoa and Noaga, who are full of bounce.
The king leaves for his palace, and the beggar follows him to see if Clarence can gain access to him.
He comes back to tell the white man that there is no place for him and advises him to go south, where the two boys were also going. The innkeeper insisted that Clarence should part with his jacket to pay his debt.
This is a very interesting book that once someone starts reading, they may not like to put down until the reading is over. Camara Laye's style of writing and interesting books made him one of the best African writers.
Some of his books are currently used as literature books in many countries in Africa, and somehave been have been translated into other languages.
The Radiance of the King is available at Amazon..
http://www.amazon.com/Radiance-King-Review-Books-Classics/dp/1590174550/
'Undertaker,' the mysterious wrestler
A few weeks ago, after defeating Rey Mysterio, Mark William Gallaway, popularly known as "The Undertaker," appeared no more in the ring to wrestle.
Later, Theodore Long, the manager of SmackDown, announced that the Undertaker had been seriously attacked by unknown assailants and was now in a vegetative state.
The news appeared to be true, firstly because the Undertaker failed to appear in the ring after his last fight with Rey Mysterio, and secondly, the search for the culprits by his half-brother Kane is enough to convince WWE fans that the reports are true rather than mere false.
Many said that the Undertaker is dead, while others think the wrestler is still living. Because he is someone known to have faked his own death many times.
But what makes this wrestler so special from other wrestlers? I have never ever seen a wrestler tough and brave in the history of WWE more than this fearful wrestler called "The Undertaker".
Many have tried to get a name for themselves at his expense, and all have gone down the drain. His gimmicks, casket matches, and hell in a cell matches are frightening to watch.
He has defeated more opponents than those who have defeated him. Many are those that say that wrestling is fake. If you think is fake, then step into the ring with the Undertaker to taste the "tombstone piledriver".
It was announced last week that the Undertaker is coming back after his long absence from the ring, and his first appearance will be in England. Now, all WWE fans are waiting for his return. His impact on the WWE scene is awesome.
The Undertaker is not only a professional, talented, brave, and fearless wrestler but a legendary wrestling hero.
