The Colonial Misunderstanding (Le Malentendu Colonial)

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FilmPublisher number: 1164693 | KanopyPublisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016Description: 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 76 minutes) : digital, .flv file, soundContent type:

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Features: Professor Kuma Ndumbe, Professor Kangue Ewane, Peter PaulySummary: Le Malentendu Colonial/The Colonial Misunderstanding examines Christian evangelism as the forerunner of European colonialism in Africa, and as the ideological model North-South relationships. On the occasion of the centenary of the1904 German genocide of the Herero people, it notably considers the missionaries' role in Namibia. The film reveals how colonialism destroyed African beliefs and social systems, replacing them with European ones promoted as the only acceptable route to modernity. As Prof. F. Kangue Ewane says in the film: I can forgive Westerners for taking away my land ...but not for taking away my mind and soul. The Colonial Misunderstanding thus continues the reflection that director Jean-Marie Teno so eloquently began in Afrique, je te plumerai on Africa 's way forward in the 21st century, which, he contends, must be based on a revaluation and reassertion of indigenous beliefs and cultures.

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Features: Professor Kuma Ndumbe, Professor Kangue Ewane, Peter Pauly

Originally produced by Jean-Marie Teno Productions in 2004.

Le Malentendu Colonial/The Colonial Misunderstanding examines Christian evangelism as the forerunner of European colonialism in Africa, and as the ideological model North-South relationships. On the occasion of the centenary of the1904 German genocide of the Herero people, it notably considers the missionaries' role in Namibia. The film reveals how colonialism destroyed African beliefs and social systems, replacing them with European ones promoted as the only acceptable route to modernity. As Prof. F. Kangue Ewane says in the film: I can forgive Westerners for taking away my land ...but not for taking away my mind and soul. The Colonial Misunderstanding thus continues the reflection that director Jean-Marie Teno so eloquently began in Afrique, je te plumerai on Africa 's way forward in the 21st century, which, he contends, must be based on a revaluation and reassertion of indigenous beliefs and cultures.

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