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Book SynopsisHighlighting the challenges faced by a nascent national cinema with limited resources,
Passion of the Reel provides an in-depth analysis of the output of the Cameroonian film industry. Jean-Olivier Tchouaffe shows that, far from an empty receptacle for colonial legacies, Cameroon – and Africa – must move beyond their colonial legacies to focus on indigenous productions of meaning informed by traditional wisdom and ordinary Cameroonian life experience. Tchouaffe’s analysis sets the stage for a film-driven exploration of postcolonialism, social construction and modernization.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Part I: Native Context: The Battle for the Nation’s most Sacred Resources; the Palaver Tree, Mevungu and Colonial Cadavers
Chapter 1: Cinema and the Quest for the Right Transcript, Images and Sound
Chapter 2: Setting the Stage: On the Tenacity of the African Colonial Archives
Chapter 3: L’Etat C’est Moi! Desire, Power and Consumption in Cameroon
Part II: Notes on Major Cameroonian Film-makers
Chapter 4: Cameroonian Cinematic Pioneers
Chapter 5: Second Generation
Chapter 6: Cameroon Women in Film: Therese Sita-Bella, Florence Ayisi, Osvalde Lewat and Josephine N’Dagnou
Conclusion: Cameroonian Cinema and the Dance of the Ghosts
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