A Good Man in Africa

Fim ɗin ***"A Good Man in Africa"*** fim ne na barkwanci da wasan kwaikwayo na 1994, wanda aka gina shi bisa littafin William Boyd na 1981 mai suna  kuma Bruce Beresford ne ya ba da umarni. Fim ɗin ya fito a cikin taurarin Colin Friels, Sean Connery, John Lithgow, Joanne Whalley, Diana Rigg da Louis Gossett Jr.  

## Labari
Morgan Leafy jami'in diflomasiyyar Burtaniya ne da ke zaune a Kinjanja, wata ƙasa ta Afirka da ta sami 'yancin kai daga mulkin Birtaniya kwanan nan. Arthur Fanshawe, sabon jami'in diflomasiyya da ke sha'awar barin Afirka, ya ji cewa Kinjanja tana kan wani babban wurin ajiyar mai. Abin takaici, Morgan ya shagaltu da barasa da mata har ya kasa sanin abin da zai yi da man. Abin da ya fi muni shi ne, wata mata ta fuskanci walƙiya a harabar Birtaniya, wanda ya haifar da yanayi na siyasa mai tsami tsakaninta da gwamnatin Kinjanja.

## 'Yan wasan kwaikwayo

* Colin Friels a matsayin Morgan Leafy
* Joanne Whalley-Kilmer a matsayin Celia Adekunle
* Sean Connery a matsayin Dr. Alex Murray
* John Lithgow a matsayin Arthur Fanshawe
* Louis Gossett Jr. a matsayin Farfesa Sam Adekunle
* Diana Rigg a matsayin Chloe Fanshawe
* Maynard Eziashi  a matsayin Juma'a, Mai Gidan Leaphy
* Sarah-Jane Fenton a matsayin Priscilla Fanshawe
* Jackie Mofokeng a matsayin Hazel
* Themba Ndaba as Kojo
* David Phetoe a matsayin Ishaya

## Samarwa
A watan Yulin 1992, Beresford ya rubuta wa abokin aikinsa kuma abokinsa Sue Milliken cewa yana da daftarin Boyd kuma yana "sha'awar yin" fim ɗin. "Wannan shiri ne na farko mai kyau." 

A watan Oktoban 1992, Beresford ya shaida wa Milliken cewa yana ƙoƙarin neman kuɗi don fim ɗin a madadin wani aikin *Bessie* amma "har yanzu ana ƙin amincewa da shi ko da kuwa da shirin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na Kenneth Branagh, Sean Connery, Michael Caine da Danny Glover! Lokaci yana da wahala kuma ana ɗaukar A Good Man in Africa a nan a matsayin 'fim ɗin ƙasashen waje.' 

Daga ƙarshe Beresford ya tara kuɗi don fim ɗin. A watan Yunin 1993, Beresford ya rubuta fim ɗin "bai yi kyau ba kwata-kwata. Ban san dalili ba, amma labarin bai taɓa tafiya ba kuma jaruman ba su da ban sha'awa kwata-kwata. Uzurin da zan iya bayarwa kawai shi ne cewa duk matsalolin shirya fim ɗin sun haɗu har na yi niyyar kammala fim ɗin kawai kuma na manta da shirya shi yadda ya kamata."  A watan Janairun 1994, Beresford ya kira shi "mai yiwuwa fim ɗina mafi muni". 

A watan Nuwamba na shekarar 1994, Beresford ya yi tunani, "Na san lokacin da nake ba da umarni cewa ba zai iya aiki ba. Saboda wani dalili mai ban mamaki, rubutun ya yi karatu sosai amma ba za a iya sa shi ya yi wasa ba, ina tsammanin saboda a zahiri ba shi da wani labari mai ma'ana kuma babu cikakkun bayanai game da halayen. Labarin iri ɗaya ne amma an rubuta shi da kyau kuma ba shi da mahimmanci. Littattafan barkwanci na Boyd suna da wahalar yin fim kamar na Evelyn Waugh - waɗanda ba a taɓa yin su cikin nasara ba."

## Liyafar maraba
Fim ɗin ya sami sharhi iri-iri da rashin kyau. Roger Ebert ya ce bai ji daɗi ba a lokacin fim ɗin amma ya yaba da rawar da Connery, Lithgow da Gossett suka taka.  Hal Hinson na *The Washington Post* ya ce duk da cewa fim ɗin "yana da yuwuwar zama abin maraba daga [...] na yau da kullun shine abin da yake kaiwa ga mafi kyawunsa."  Janet Maslin na *[[New York Times|The New York Times]]* ta yi tsokaci cewa "littafi mai kyau shine tushen "Mutumin Kirki a Afirka," amma barkwancinsa mai ban dariya ya yi muni a allon," ta ƙara da cewa:

Mai sukar fina-finai Jeffrey Lyons na *Sneak Previews* ya sanya fim ɗin a matsayi na 6 a jerin fina-finansa mafi muni na 1994. 

Daraktan fim ɗin, Bruce Beresford, bai tuna fim ɗin da kyau ba:Ya Allah, wannan ya kasance mummuna matuƙa. Wannan shi ne mafi muni daga cikin dukkan ƙwarewar kallon fim da na taɓa samu. An zaɓi ‘yan wasan ba daidai ba, kuma ma’aikatan fim ɗin ma sun kasance masu ban mamaki. Mun yi ɗaukar fim a wurin da bai dace ba—mun yi shi a Afirka ta Kudu, alhali labarin yana faruwa ne a Afirka ta Yamma. Wannan kamar ka ɗauki fim a Alaska alhali labarin yana faruwa a New Orleans ne. Na kuma gane cewa duk da littafin da aka samo labarin yana da ban dariya sosai, amma ya fi kasancewa tarin labarai ne kawai, ba tare da tsari mai haɗin kai ba. Ina ganin tun daga rana ta biyu na gane cewa ba zai yi nasara ba, domin sassan labarin ba sa haɗuwa. Sai na ce a raina, ‘Na shiga uku! Ba zan taɓa fita daga wannan hali ba.”Da yake tsokaci a baya-bayan nan a shekarar 2023, William Boyd ya ce game da fim ɗin:Abin da ya kawo bambanci shi ne cewa barkwancin ya yi ta yawo tsakanin wani abu mai faɗi da kuma wani abu mai duhu, kuma ba za ka iya yin hakan a fim ba in ba haka ba za ka rikitar da masu kallo: shin dariya ce ta ciki ko kuma dariya ce da aka sani? 

## Fitowar DVD
Focus Features ta fitar da wani DVD na musamman na Amazon.com a ranar 11 ga Janairun 2010.

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