African cinema: ten of the best

To celebrate Africa Express rolling out across the UK, here's a guide to 10 classic films to have come from the continentAfrica played no part in the invention of cinema. For decades, in Tarzan movies, it was the subject of fake Hollywood fantasies. And yet, when Africans made films about themselves, the results were astonishing. There are scores of great African movies. Here are 10 of the best:Cairo Station (Egypt, 1958)If Alfred Hitchcock had been Egyptian and bisexual, and had himself played ...

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