In Desert and Wilderness is a popular young adult novel by Polish author and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz, written in 1911. It is the author's only novel written for children/teenagers. In Desert and Wilderness tells the story of two young friends, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by rebels during the Mahdist War in Sudan. It was adapted for film twice, in 1973 and in 2001. Since its publication, the novel has been criticised for its depiction of Islam and Black people; some have described the work as being Islamophobic and racist. Debate over the novel has intensified since its implementation in the Polish educational curriculum in the 2010's.
Tomasz Mędrzak, was a teenage star of the 1973 In Desert and Wilderness movie and miniseries (1973), where he played Staś Tarkowski, having Monika Rosca as young partner. He is the son of Stefania Mędrzak.
The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa is a trade union in South Africa that describes itself as "a voluntary organisation for South African nurses and midwifery professionals".
Gavin Hood is a South African filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and actor, best known for writing and directing Tsotsi (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He also directed the films X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ender's Game, Eye in the Sky and most recently, Official Secrets.
Artur Żmijewski is a Polish film and stage actor.
Desert and Wilderness is a 1973 Polish film directed by Władysław Ślesicki. Adapted from the 1911 novel In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz, it tells the story of two kids, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by the rebels during Mahdi's rebellion in Sudan.
Big Brother Mzansi, formerly known as Big Brother South Africa, is a television series in South Africa produced by M-Net and Endemol. As of 2022, it has had a total of six seasons. Big Brother South Africa had two seasons, and a celebrity season inbetween. The first season aired in 2001 and the second in 2002. Both seasons were directed by Leon Coetzer and hosted by Mark Pilgrim.
Mzwandile Wanky Stick is a South African former rugby union footballer, and currently the backline coach for the South African national rugby union team.
The Gods Must Be Crazy is a series of films starring the Namibian San farmer and actor Nǃxau ǂToma.
The 3rd Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 10, 2007 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, to honor the best African films of 2006. The ceremony was broadcast live on Nigerian national television. Numerous African & international celebrities and top Nigerian politicians attended the event, including Nigerian musician Tuface Idibia and Ghanaian hiplife band VIP. Nollywood actor Richard Mofe-Damijo and South African actress Thami Ngubeni hosted the ceremony. Special guests of honor were Academy Award winners Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Mo'Nique. Nollywood's favourite acting duo Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ikedieze received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Essential Killing is a 2010 Polish survival political thriller film co-written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, Golden Ástor Award at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival as well as the Golden Lions Award for Best Film at the Gdynia Film Festival.
In Desert and Wilderness is a 2001 Polish film directed by Gavin Hood. Adapted from the 1911 novel In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz, it tells the story of two kids, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by the rebels during Mahdi's rebellion in Sudan.
Lungile Shongwe - South African film and theater actress. She is known for playing in a movie "In Desert and Wilderness" (2001) of a director Gavin Hood. In the film she starred alongside other South African actor, Mzwandile Ngubeni. In preparation for the role of Mea - just like Mzwandile Ngubeni - she had to learn Polish dialogues, although she did not know before the Polish language.
Milenia Fiedler is a Polish film editor. She graduated in film editing from Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and obtained her Ph.D. in 2005.
Zaziwa was a talk show broadcast on SABC1 channel in South Africa. It was hosted by Pearl Modiadie.
Critical Assignment is a 2004 African action film directed by Jason Xenopoulos. It involves a journalist, Michael Power, who is going against a politician who is acquiring weapons and diverting water from the people.
Vusi Robert Shongwe, known as Vusi Shongwe, is a South African politician who served as acting Premier of Mpumalanga between August and November 2015 while then Premier and now deputy president David Mabuza was being treated for an alleged food poisoning. He has 3 children, one of which is known as Naledi Shongwe.
Andrzej Tadeusz Strzelecki, was a Polish actor, satirist, theatre director, screenplay writer and rector of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw in the years 2008–2016.
Kali is a Sudanese character in the 1911 novel In Desert and Wilderness by Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz. He is one of the earliest Polish literary depictions of a black person and has thus been cited as having shaped Polish perceptions of black people.
