An excellent film dealing with African history is SHAKA ZULU, adapted from the book of the same name by E.A.RITTER (the book is better but the film is very good). I think the film was originally a TV mini-series. Very good, very high production values.
Then there’s any version of THE FOUR FEATHERS. Some spectacular battle scenes.
These are both PRE-WOKE films, so there are no axes being ground.
Thanks. I also got a freepmail vote for THE FOUR FEATHERS. Two freeper votes put it on my watchlist.