Man of Africa (also known as The Kigezi Story) is a 1954 British documentary drama film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Gordon Heath, Frederick Bijurenda and Violet Mukabureza.
[4] Reviewing the original 1953 release,The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This much-delayed Group 3 production has achieved commercial distribution in a severely truncated form.
Any assessment of the film's original intentions becomes somewhat difficult to arrive at, for one is left with a variably photographed African travelogue with social overtones, rather awkwardly acted and directed.
"[5] Also reviewing the original, Kine Weekly wrote: "Set in Africa and portrayed by an all-native cast, it depicts the struggles of a forthright people to carve new lives for themselves in promising, though untamed territory.
The clash of personalites, to say nothing of the threat of malaria and the fear of wild life, ignites the drama, but drastic cutting prevents it from flaring into a thought-provoking let alone thrilling, white paper.