#1. Adanggaman (2000)

Storyline: In West Africa during the late 17th century, King Adanggaman leads a war against his neighboring tribes, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy villages, kill the elderly and capture the healthy tribesmen to sell to the European slave traders. When his village falls prey to one of Adanggaman's attacks, Ossei manages to escape, but his family is murdered except for his captured mother. Chasing after the soldiers in an effort to free her, Ossei is befriended by a fierce warrior named Naka.—Sujit R. Varma

Plot Keywords: king, african, slave trader, young man, mother, soldier, disheartening ...

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#2. Black and White in Color (1976)

Storyline: French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them boots and rifles, the French attempt to make "proper" soldiers out of the Africans. A young, idealistic French geographer seems to be the only rational person in the town, and he takes over control of the "war" after several bungles on the part of the others.—Carl Seiler <lcs9549@tamsun.tamu.edu>

Plot Keywords: sergeant, schoolteacher, priest, african, idealist, trader, amusing ...

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