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The Two Faces Of A Bamiléké Woman
''The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman'' is a 2018 Cameroonian film directed by Rosine Mbakam Rosine Mbakam (born in 1980) is a Cameroonian film director based in Belgium. She has directed many short films and full-length feature films, of which the most well-known are documentaries. ''Les deux visages d'une femme Bamiléké/The Two Faces .... The film explores the life of a young Bamiléké woman who lives in Belgium and returns to her native village in Cameroon to reconnect with her roots. The film delves into themes of cultural identity, family, and the challenges of reconciling two different worlds. It has received critical acclaim for its intimate portrayal of the protagonist's personal journey and the complexities of her relationship with her family and community. Plot The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman" follows the story of a young Bamiléké woman named Rosine who lives in Belgium with her husband and children. Feeling a sense of disconnect from her roots and culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosine Mbakam
Rosine Mbakam (born in 1980) is a Cameroonian film director based in Belgium. She has directed many short films and full-length feature films, of which the most well-known are documentaries. ''Les deux visages d'une femme Bamiléké/The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman'' (2016) and ''Chez Jolie Coiffure'' (2018) won a number of international prizes. Her recent films, including ''Les prières de Delphine/Delphine’s Prayers'' (2021), have been very successful and have received much attention from US news sources, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, LA Times, Variety, and NPR. Biography Rosine Mbakam was born in Cameroon in 1980. She grew up in a traditional Bamiléké family. She spent her childhood in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon. Rosine Mbakam made her debut in cinema in 2001 and gained an education in thorough audiovisual media in Cameroon between 2000 and 2004 at the center of COE (Centro orientamento Educativo), an Italian nongovernmental organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French ( Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamileke People
The Bamileke are a Central African people who inhabit the Western High Plateau of Cameroon. Languages The Bamileke languages belong to the Grassfields branch of the Niger-Congo language family, which is sometimes labeled as a " Bantuoid language," rather than a Bantu language.Derek Nurse & Gérard Philippson, 2003, ''The Bantu Languages,'' p 227 History The Bamileke are said to have entered their current location from the Mbam region further north, They originally referred to themselves as ''Baliku''. ''Bamileke'' is thought to be a colonial corruption of their original names. They were later joined by the Tikar, Bali, Bamum and Bafia peoples, who migrated into their current region of Cameroon. This accounts for the use of the title ''Fon'' by all five of the ethnic groups. Like a king, the ''Fon'' is head of all authorities, from territory to civil and military, within a given kingdom. In the 17th century, the Bamileke migrated further south and west under the pressure of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroonian Documentary Films
Cameroonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Cameroon ** Culture of Cameroon ** Demographics of Cameroon ** Lists of Cameroonians * Cameroonian Pidgin English ** Languages of Cameroon * Cameroonian cuisine See also * * Cameroons or British Cameroon, a former British Mandate territory in British West Africa * Cameronian Cameronian was a name given to a radical faction of Scottish Covenanters who followed the teachings of Richard Cameron, and who were composed principally of those who signed the Sanquhar Declaration in 1680. They were also known as Society Me ..., a radical faction of Scottish Covenanters in the 17th and 18th centuries * Cameronians (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
