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Created by Flora M'Mbugu-Schelling. "Shida and Matatizo" blends fact and fiction in a docudrams examining the abuses of child labor. She criticizes the Tanzanian government for refusing to respond to the epidemic problerr of street children who are forced into expletive situations of mental, physical and sexual abuse...
Unfortunately, M'Mbugu-Schelling ends up creating a film reminiscent of the hour long infomercials which appear at 2 A.M. to solicit audiences for donations to UNICEF. Not surprisingly this film was co funded by UNICEF. While conforming to the standards of protest documentary. "Shida and Matatizo" highlights important issues of child abuse...
...African Film Festival reflects the diverse cultural expression in African film. If you do not have time to see all the films. "Gito the Ungrateful" and "The Blue Eyes of Yonta" are the decided highlights. If time permits, "Neria" will inspire," Herstage Africa," "Shida and Matatizc." "A Certain Morning" and "Wendemi: Child of the Good Lord" will farther educate audiences on different African social concerns such as tribal customs, cultural identity, and child abuse. Perhaps the festival presents too much of a good thing--the breadth and depth of films are over whelming Thus festival should be a purely memorable...
...help more natives prepare for business, Kenya Shell Ltd. and the country's Ministry of Education have put together an illustrated book in Swahili, with English translations, on rudimentary business practices. Featured are Mr. Shida, a bumbling, unsuccessful shopkeeper, and Mr. Ali, a progressive, flourishing entrepreneur. Mr. Shida, for example; is in serious trouble because his debtors are slow to pay him. Mr. Ali, by contrast, avoids that kind of bind by shrewdly refusing to give credit. A typical lesson deals with the display of merchandise in shop windows: "One of these cakes has flies on it. The other...
...fast becoming a more representative figure in Kenya than Mr. Shida. In its eagerness to develop a native cadre of businessmen, however, Kenya must use restraint. Pressed by the government to aid in the effort, many non-African businessmen note that effective training takes time. And a group of University of Nairobi economists, African and white alike, has warned that Africanization, essential as it is, could impair Kenya's continued economic growth if pushed too fast...