I remember seeing one with a woman detective as the main character on Arte long ago. So I did some research: It's called The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, produced by the BBC and filmed in Botswana.
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And off topic but just FYI, The N1 Ladies Detective Agency is a very popular series of novels also set in Africa by author Alexander McCall Smith
Not series, but God Must Be Crazy is an all time classic.
Not really a series, but who could forget great classic movies such as:
WHO KILLED CAPTAIN ALEX - Uganda's first action movie and TEEBATUSASULA
Green White Green (and all the beautiful colors in my mosaic of madness)
This is my favorite as it's one of the more art housier movies. But in general you could just search for nollywood movies on youtube
I remember Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It (a reference to Purple Rain, but there is no word for purple in Tamasheq, a Tuareg language). The movie is not great but the music is
How would they describe something purple natively if they stumbled upon something we would describe as purple or violet in language and conceptually? Would it be lumped in with blue or is there a way they could discriminate it linguistically in a non-novel way?
I mean, there's about 387 million Nollywood and Ghannywood movies set in villages or small towns.
The South African series Trackers is awesome, and has some rural settings. But it's highly produced drama.
Some episodes of Ultimate Braii Master or Taste of South Africa show less rural settings.
There's a season of 90 Day Fiance with Baby Girl Lisa and Usman that shows pretty accurate village life.
Thereβs a detective show called Reyka that I found very interesting.
Movie Queen of Katwe