Description
Book SynopsisAn in-depth survey of Africa's newest and least-known art form
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction by Françoise Pfaff
Part I: Reexamining "Official History"
1. "Come Back South Africa: Cinematic Representations of Apartheid over Three Eras of Resistance" by Robert Cancel
2. "Ousmane Sembene and History on the Screen: A Look Back to the Future" by Samba Gadjigo
3. "Film and History in Africa: A Critical Survey of Current Trends and Tendencies" by Mbye Cham
4. "Fiction, Fact, and the Responsibility of the Critic: Camp de Thiaroye, Yaaba, and The Gods Must Be Crazy" by Josef Gugler
Part II: Deconstructing Contextual Spaces
5. "African Cities as Cinematic Texts" by Françoise Pfaff
6. "Images of France in Francophone African Films (1978-1998)" by Madeleine Cottenet-Hage
7. "The Failed Trickster" by Kenneth W. Harrow
8. "Manu Dibango and Ceddo's Transatlantic Film Scores" by Brenda Berrian
Part III: Original and Burgeoning Cinematic Practices
9. "The Other Voices of Documentary: Allah Tantou, Afrique, Je te plumerai" by N. Frank Ukadike
10. "Videoeconomy: The Case of Nigeria" by Françoise Balogun
Part IV: Inside/Outside: Expatriate Filmmakers
11. "Africa Through a Woman's Eyes: Safi Faye's Cinema" by Beti Ellerson
12. "Haile Gerima: From Africa to the Americas" by Françoise Pfaff
Part V: International Connections: Influences and Confluences
13. "The Russian Connection: Soviet Cinema and The Cinema of Francophone Africa" by Josephine Woll
14. "African and Latin American Cinemas: Contexts and Contacts" by Maria Roof
Part VI: Sources and Resources
15. "Where to View, Rent and Purchase African Feature Films: Africa, Europe, the U.S. and Canada" by Valerie Wheat
Contributors
Index
