Symbolic narratives/African cinema : audiences, theory and the moving image /
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London :
British Film Institute,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : African cinema and the emergent Africa / Imruh Bakari
- Africa, the West and the analogy of culture : the cinematic text after man / Sylvia Wynter
- The iconography of African cinema : what is it and how is it identified? Introduction / Colin Prescod ; The iconography of West African cinema / Manthia Diawara ; Respondents / John Akomfrah and Asma El Bakri
- Is the decolonisation of the mind a prerequisite for the independence of thought and the creative practice of African cinema? Introduction / Ngugi Wa Thiong'o ; The intolerable gift / Teshome Gabriel ; Respondents / Nouri Bouzid and Mariama Hima
- What is the link between chosen genres and developed ideologies in African cinema? Introduction / Imruh Bakari ; African cinema and ideology : tendencies and evolution / Ferid Boughedir ; Respondents / Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ella Shohat and Haile Gerima
- African cinema and postmodernist criticism. Introduction / Roy Armes ; Searching for the postmodern in African cinema / Clyde Taylor ; Respondents / Kobena Mercer and Bassek Ba Kobhio
- Information technology, power, cinema and television in Africa. Introduction / Jim Pines ; Power, cinema and TV in Africa / John Badenhorst ; Respondents / Claire Andrade-Watkins and Ola Balogun
- Can African cinema achieve the same level of indigenisation as other popular African art forms? Introduciton / Mbye Cham ; Commentary / Ousmane Sembène ; Discussion / Gaston Kaboré ; Respondents / Samir Farid and Cheick Oumar Sissoko
- Audiences and the critical appreciation of cinema in Africa. Introduction / Rose Issa ; Unwinding the African dream on African ground / Tafataona Mahoso ; Respondents / Ahmed Attia and Kwate Nii Owoo
- Weapons of resistance / Tahar Cheriaa
- The homecoming of African cinema / Ngugi Wa Thiong'o.