The power struggles that erupted across the continent following the collapse of colonial administrations are captured with unsettling realism through the lenses of Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi. Across a region stretching from the Congo to Kenya, the traces of mercenaries and the wreckage left behind by colonialism are documented in raw footage. This historical documentary not only focuses on political upheavals but also on the slaughter of wildlife, layer by layer revealing the violence that has ravaged the region.

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