Bosambo (1935)

Bosambo: Directed by Zoltan Korda. With Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney, Robert Cochran. A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.

“The lines are often unintentionally funny (u0026quot;My king -of England – is the greatest king on Earth!u0026quot; u0026quot;Iu0026#39;m sending you to Sandiu0026quot; ) and the movie is Tarzanesque,with its evil chief rubbing his hands before killing a good guy .The natives are big irresponsible children who desperately need the help of the white men and above all Lord -Sandi-Sanders.When heu0026#39;s away (they say heu0026#39;s dead),thereu0026#39;s no law anymore;but when heu0026#39;s back,so is the law.It speaks volumes about the paternalistic side of this obsolete work:English colonizers are here to bring justice,peace,love and understanding,their intentions are so pure their black protégés (the good ones that is) cannot make up their minds without Father Sandiu0026#39;s piece of advice.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe good chiefu0026#39;s songs are closer to Negro spirituals than to African folklore .And the lullaby his wife sings to her little black dove would fit nicely in a Disney cartoon,such as u0026quot;the Lion Kingu0026quot; .”