African Culture
BOOKS
Memoirs/History/Biography
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Precolonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anti Diop and Translated by Harold Salemson
Defeating Dictators: Fighting Tyranny in Africa and Around the World by George B.N. Ayittey
Africa's Greatest Entrepreneurs by Monky Makura
A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa
Fiction
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Homegoing by Yah Gyasi
So Long A Letter by Mariama Bâ and Translated by Modupé-Thomas
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz
Non-Fiction/Essays
African Culture and Values by Gabriel E. Idang
Muntu African Culture and the Western World by Janheinz Jahn
VIDEOS, MOVIES & TV SERIES
Links to full-length film/video when possible. Trailers otherwise. Streaming options noted.
Videos
Faces of Africa - Passing on go a cultural heritage, My Zanzibar by CGTN Africa
West African Ankara Prints - The journey and history of Ankara prints by PBS
Exploring Ghana's Diverse Culture - An introduction into the Ghanan culture by News Central TV
Say It Loud, She Isn't African Enough?! - An explanation of how DNA testing isn't completely accurate by PBS
The Danger of a Single Story - TedTalk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Islam in Africa - History of Africa with Zeinab Bafawi (Episode 9)
How I Escaped Child Marriage to become a Women's Right's Activist by Mercy Akuot with TEDxKakumaCamp
The Land of No Men: Inside Kenya's Women-Only Village by Vice Life
Dramatic Feature Films/Series
In Our Mothers’ Gardens -Available to rent or with subscription to Netflix
High on the Hog - African, African American food, culture, survival, pain, thriving - Available to rent or with subscription to Netflix
The Last King of Scotland - Based on the book The Last King of Scotland - Available to rent or with subscription to Amazon, YouTube
Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom - The life of South African revolutionary Nelson Mandela - Available to rent or with subscription to Amazon, Netflix, YouTube
Queen of Katwe- A story of a young girl finding strength through the game of chess - Available to rent or with subscription to Amazon, Disney+, YouTube, GooglePlay
Hotel Rwanda - The real life story of Paul Rusesabagina during the Rwandan Genocide- Available to rent or with subscription to Hulu, HBO Max, YouTube
Tsotsi - A young boy in a gang finds his humanity in caring for a baby - Available to rent or with subscription to Amazon, YouTube, GooglePlay
Black is King- A musical celebration of African and Black culture directed by Beyonce - Available to rent or with subscription to Disney+
Black Panther - A super hero finds his calling and saves his family - Available to rent or with subscription to Disney+, GooglePlay
Sarafina! - A young girl struggles for equality in Apartheid South Africa - Available to rent or with subscription to Amazon, AppleTV
Documentaries
African Tribe Traditions and Rituals - Explores the ancient jungles of the Ivory Coast - Available to rent or with subscription to YouTube
Kongo and the Scramble for Africa - History of Africa with Zeinab Badwi (Episode 19) - Available to rent or with subscription to YouTube
Mayotte, The Island In The Lagoon - The story of culture, history and traditions - Available to rent or with subscription to YouTube
Kenya: The Tribal Traditions Live On - History of Africa and a dive into the different cultures - Available to rent or with subscription to YouTube
ARTICLES & NOTABLE COLLECTIONS OF RESOURCES
Using the Afrocentric method in Researching Indigenous African Culture by Queeneth Mkabela from nsuworks.nova.edu
My Uncle died of Covid-19 before he could get a vaccine in Kenya, and I got mine in a US drugstore. This is what vaccine inequality looks like by Larry Madowo cnn.com
African book clubs are bringing together readers from across the world by Sana Noor Haq from cnn.com
Political Map of Africa - Nations Online Project by nationsonline.org
African Food: African Cuisine - Shows the different regions of Africa and the foods and spices that are used from spicesinc.com
TransAtlantic Food Migration: The African Culinary Influence on the Cuisine of the Americas from blackpast.org
The gastronomic cultures' impact on the African cuisine by Serdar Oktay and Saide Sadikoglu from sciencefirect.com
Women, Culture and Africa's Land Reform Agenda by Adeoye O. Akinola from frontiersin.org
Created by Isis Parker, Mint Museum Intern, Summer 2021
