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Africa—An Uncharted Place of Rich Tradition
During the early to mid 1900s, colonization in Africa commenced with several European countries claiming different areas of the continent. Many countries colonized because of the rich African resources, some to spread capitalism, and still others to expand Christianity throughout the continent. While heavy colonization was taking place in Africa, several films such as Tarzan and Sanders of the River were being produced attempting to expose the mysterious African culture to somewhat ignorant Americans and Europeans. American and European films of the early 1900s depicted Africa as backward, uncivilized and illogical because African societies did not have written languages or written histories. Instead, Africa had a rich oral history which had its positives, but Americans and Europeans found it at times to be inconsistent and fictitious. The differences between the ways Africa is depicted in the oral history An Epic of Old Mali and......

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