Africa addio
- R
- Year:
- 1966
- 122 min
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The Africa of the great explorers,
the huge land of hunting and adventure
adored by entire generations of children
has disappeared forever.
To that age-old Africa,
swept away and destroyed
by the tremendous speed of progress,
we have said farewell.
The devastation, the slaughter,
the massacres which we assisted
belong to a new Africa...
one which if it emerges from its ruins
to be more modern, more rational,
more functional, more conscious
will be unrecognizable.
On the other hand,
the world is racing toward better times.
The new America rose from the ashes
of a few white man, all the redskins
and the bones of millions of buffalo.
The new, carved up Africa
will rise again
upon the tombs of a few white men,
millions of black men,
and upon those immense graveyards
that were once its game reserves.
The endeavor is so modern and recent
that there is no room to discuss it
at the moral level.
The purpose of this film is only to bid
farewell to the old Africa that is dying
and entrust to history
the documentation of its agony.
The age of compromise has begun.
For the first time,
the gardens of the Ocean Road Palace
are open to the new African bourgeoisie
Old and new masters search in the lanes
for imitation and symbiosis
in the eagerness to find
something in common.
And that's how two centuries of history
draw to a close.
The last representative of
Her British Majesty
leaves the scene graciously
in that climate of festive cordiality
that always accompanies the departure
of a guest who has overstayed his welcome.
In this remote immensity,
the wail of sirens and firing of cannons
make no more din
than a child's birthday party.
Europe is in a hurry to leave
and on tiptoe
even if, all things considered,
it has given far more than it has taken.
Europe, the continent that nursed Africa,
can no longer manage this big black baby
that grew too quickly,
keeps bad company
and what's more,
hates it because of its white skin.
And so it is abandoned,
still cranky and immature,
just at the moment
when it needs Europe the most.
Africa comes out of its long Middle Age
and exchanges the spear for the gun.
The soldiers of
the most famous African regiment
formed by white men who've lived
in the country for three generations
lay down their arms
without military honors,
and trust the defense of their homes
and families to new hands.
The first spontaneous demonstrations
take place
controlled by
Products imported from African countries
that aren't yet independent are destroyed.
First to go
are colonialist Portuguese eggs.
Next it's the turn of
oranges from South Africa.
Once the popular enthusiasm is unleashed,
the new police must prepare to contain it.
The first elections in the history
of the Dark Continent are imminent.
toward the polling places.
They're all afraid of arriving too late
and ending up empty-handed.
For this great day of Uhuru,
every party has promised its voters
the prize of the land, livestock, houses
and cars of the whites that remained.
In the highlands of Kenya,
the property of the white colonists
the big, green plateau
that for 100 years
was the fortress of
the rural aristocracy,
the Uhuru is late to arrive.
After 100 years,
is transformed
into the Scottish countryside.
There are even foxhunts,
even if there are no foxes here.
All that's needed is for a black man
that just arrived by plane from England,
in order to leave the scent for the dogs.
The fox is a harmful animal
that does not exist in Africa.
If the white men
want to hunt it so badly,
they have to teach someone
to act like one.
But the fox is a treacherous prey
and should never be underestimated.
Your honor, in force of
Articles 7 and 19a
of the Repression of Mau Mau
Criminal Activities Act of April 4, 1953
I ask thatJeroke Camau
accused of arson, theft, robbery,
attempted murder and aggravated murder
These weapons,
made by him and his accomplices
were used to carry out
the crimes to which he confessed in full
during the investigation.
On the night of April 6, 1961,
Rashidi Singhida entered
the farm at Aberdare Point
of the British citizen, John Fletcher
where the defendant strangled
the Askari guard, Josephi Nathaeli.
The defendant's second victim was
Miss Elizabeth Reagan
the farmer's sister-in-law
Singhida through the window of her room.
Mr. Fletcher ran down the outside stairs
where he was hit by several gunshots
that shattered his legs.
He dragged himself inside the house
in the attempt to protect
his wife, Mrs. Jane
and two daughters, Lois and Mary,
ages 15 and 18,
who had looked for shelter
under the table.
The corpses of the three women
were found headless and without limbs.
The body of Mr. Fletcher,
a former Navy officer,
with a panga.
Defendant Rashidi Singhida,
do you confirm the inquiry transcript
already signed by you?
We take the liberty
of pointing out to your honor
that the defendant knows English
and doesn't need an interpreter.
I will reveal to you the facts
that emerged from the investigation.
For nine years, you were the nanny
of Memsa Fosset's three children:
Richard, two years old,
Mary, four and Victor, nine.
You knew them from birth.
You watched them play.
You ate and slept with them.
you opened a window
to let Kimathi and his gang
into the house.
his throat slit on the big green table.
The mother and the children
ran toward the door.
Kimathi caught them
and cut them into pieces
right in the doorway in your presence.
self-styled general
of the "Land Freedom Army"
escapee from the Voy prison
where he was spending 30 years
for theft, burglary, assault
and triple murder.
The inquiry determined that
the defendant organized more than
whereby domesticated
and wild animals were tortured,
and obscenities, together with
the crime of cannibalism, took place.
Besides, the accused,
along with his accomplices
severed the tendons
of more than 400 cattle
that then had to be destroyed
by the farmers.
Irrefutable evidence
of the defendant's guilt was provided
by one of the main victims of Kanari's
acts of vandalism, Mr. Wordsworth,
who along with his son
followed the accused's trail
for 72 days and 72 nights.
In Narok, Kanari was captured
and turned over to the Magadi police.
I consequently ask that
and sentenced to the maximum penalty
provided for by the special law.
Land for the brave Mau Mau!
Amnesty for all Mau Mau!
Kenyatta proclaims them national heroes.
Reasoning:
For the triumph of Uhuru,
yearned for by the blacks
and denied by the whites,
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