Королевство Дагомея, 1823 год. Элитный женский отряд королевской стражи агоджи во главе с генералом Наниской возвращает женщин, похищенных рабовладельцами из империи Ойо, что грозит спровоцировать войну. А в это время 19-летнюю девушку Нави, которая не хочет мириться с жестоким потенциальным мужем, отец сдает во дворец в качестве подарка королю. Так Нави оказывается среди новичков, обучающихся для вступления в ряды агоджи.
South African wilderness 1800's. Five years after their mother died, Rachel, a girl on the cusp of adolescence and 5-year-old Jamie find themselves on their way to the virgin gold fields with their father, Herman, as he tries to start a new life. When Jamie goes missing in a freak snow blizzard, Rachel braves the storm to look for her little brother.
Африка. Аборигены племени кувуки находит младенца с белой кожей. Очевидно, что младенец послан богами: ведь он сидит посреди саванны в самолетном кресле и беседует с дикими львами.
A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but when he's fired to make way for a smooth, corporate type, he's at loose ends. Then he sees Christine, a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles. He offers to coach her and soon she's living at his house, following his diet and training regimen. But his single-mindedness gets to her: she wants a job and a place of her own. Plus, the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry. Can runner and coach (woman and man, African and European) sort out their complex relationship before the race? Written by
In the final days of the pro-apartheid government, bigoted policeman and assassin Andries Fourie is assigned an undercover job. His task is to pose as a political progressive to infiltrate the African National Congress and assassinate one of the party’s leaders.
