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Book SynopsisA study of African filmmaking
Trade ReviewThis throughly researched study charts the beginnings of film-making in north and francophone west Africa, and it stretches from the post-colonial period to the post-independence generation ! Armes' book covers a broad range of film-making, from the experienced work of Jean Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon) to the fiction of Nabil Ayouch (Morocco), and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in African film. This throughly researched study charts the beginnings of film-making in north and francophone west Africa, and it stretches from the post-colonial period to the post-independence generation ! Armes' book covers a broad range of film-making, from the experienced work of Jean Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon) to the fiction of Nabil Ayouch (Morocco), and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in African film.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; 1. The African Experience; PART ONE: CONTEXT; 2. Beginnings; 3. African Initiatives; 4. The French Connection; PART TWO: CONFRONTING REALITY; 5. Liberation and the Postcolonial Society; 6. Individual Struggle; PART THREE: NEW IDENTITIES; 7. Experimental Narratives; 8. Exemplary Tales; PART FOUR: THE NEW MILLENNIUM; 9. The Post-Independence Generation; 10. Mahamat Saleh Haroun (Chad); 11. Dani Kouyate (Burkina Faso); 12. Raja Amari (Tunisia); 13. Faouzi Bensaidi (Morocco); 14. Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania); BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
