Fim ɗin Afirka mujallar barkwanci ce ta Najeriya, wadda aka buga tsakanin shekara ta 1968 zuwa shekara ta 1972. Ɗaya ne daga cikin mafi yawan fina-finan barkwanci na hoto ko "littattafan duba" waɗanda suka mamaye yammacin Afirka masu magana da Ingilishi a farkon zamanin mulkin mallaka. Cin abinci ga sabon matasa na birane, jerin sun nuna mutum mai ban mamaki na Lance Spearman, aka " Mashi ," wani baƙar fata James Bond- kamar mayaƙin aikata laifuka a matsayin babban hali. Jore Mkwanazi ne ya bayyana wannan hali Saɓanin ra'ayin wariyar launin fata na marasa wayewa, marasa ilimi, masu ɗaukar mashi, ko kuma "mai girman kai" masu lalata da ke nuna hotunan mutanen Afirka a yawancin littattafan wasan barkwanci na Yammacin Turai tun daga lokacin, Spearman ya kasance mai kaifi, mai salo da ƙwarewa. Haɗa nassoshi da aka sake wajabta wa Yammacin Turai tare da takamaiman al'adun Afirka, ya nuna sabon fasalin zamani na baƙar fata na Atlantika. Anan akwai jarumin littafin ban dariya wanda ya gabatar da yuwuwar sukar mulkin mallaka, da kuma gagarumin bambanci a yadda nau'in nau'in ya kasance na al'ada da sauran su.