Song of Africa
South African musical film
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Song of Africa is a 1951 South African black-and-white film directed by Emil Nofal.[1]
The film follows a man who returns to his village with a gramophone and musical instruments to start a Zulu jazz band.[2] Daniel Makiza and the Black Broadway Boys appear in the film.[1]
It is one of four films made between 1949 and 1951 documenting original music and performances by Africans.[3] One scholar described the plot as thin.[4]
