Africa’s Last Romantic: The Films, Books and Expeditions of

Africa’s Last Romantic: The Films, Books and Expeditions of John L. Brom

Africaâ€™s Last Romantic: The Films, Books and Expeditions of John L. Brom captures the drama and excitement of John L. Bromâ€™s film expeditions from 1949 to 1962 through sub-Saharan Africa. Brom was the only explorer to follow the footsteps of Henry Morton Stanley and in a documentary interviewed the two last survivors of Stanleyâ€™s expeditions from 1874 to 1890. In 1955 he also interviewed the famous nineteenth-century East African slave trader Tippu Tipâ€™s grandson, who defended his grandfatherâ€™s trade. Bromâ€™s expedition was the basis for his bestseller 20,000 Miles in the African Jungle, which was translated into eleven languages. Brom managed to interview and film the rulers and tribes he encountered before they were decimated in the civil wars of the Congo after independence, and his historic films are now preserved in the Human Studies Film Archives of the Smithsonian Institution. Over 500 articles were published on Bromâ€™s work on both sides of the Atlantic during his lifetime. Africaâ€™s Last Romantic is a useful addition to college courses in Third World cinema, cinema studies, and African history.
Country USA
Brand Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Manufacturer Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781433124792
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Manufacturer	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781433124792
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Africa’s Last Romantic: The Films, Books and Expeditions of John L. Brom