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A Good Man in Africa
AUSTRALIA · 1994

A Good Man in Africa

Bruce Beresford
diplomatic intrigue colonial politics corruption power dynamics bureaucratic incompetence
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Synopsis

Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who has no clue about what's going on around him, but who wants to use his secretary to carry on his dirty work, which involves getting one of the most powerful men in the country to do business with his country.The young secretary ha

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