Shaft in Africa

John Shaft, the private detective, is hired to break up a ring that smuggles young Africans into France as forced labour. Working undercover, he follows the operation from Ethiopia to Paris, where he sets out to find the people running it. Threats and money are the tools his employers use to secure his help, and he carries a traditional Ethiopian stick rather than a gun.

The film was directed by John Guillermin, the eighth of the ten features listed for him, arriving between The Bridge at Remagen and The Towering Inferno. Stirling Silliphant wrote the screenplay and produced alongside Roger H. Lewis and Kirk Kerkorian. Richard Roundtree returns as John Shaft, with Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arnerić, Debebe Eshetu and Spiros Focás among the credited cast of twenty-three. It was made for about two million dollars and took roughly one million at the worldwide box office.

On IMDb the film holds a rating of 5.9 from around 3,400 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.1 from roughly 86 votes. Both figures place it as a middling entry in the series for viewers.