African cinema

Cine-postcards from Morocco: Inside the Image of the City

by Leonardo De Franceschi

Leonardo De Franceschi, ‘Cine-postcards from Morocco: Inside the Image of the City’, in Alessandra Speciale (ed.), 11° Festival Cinema Africano (Milano: COE/Editrice Il Castoro, 2001), pp. 193-195.

Considerations about Moroccan cinema, examined through modes of representation of urban space. Considerations about Moroccan cinema, examined through modes of representation of urban space.

Hudud!: un viaggio nel cinema maghrebino

by Leonardo De Franceschi

'From “Over There” to Virtual Presence: Camp de Thiaroye – The Battle of Algiers – Hidden'

by Hamish Ford

in Sandra Ponzanesi & Marguerite Waller (eds.) Postcolonial Cinema Studies, London: Routledge, 2011, pp. 63-77.

A Deadly DIscourse On Love and War

by Mustafah Dhada

Preserving East African Knowledge through Swahili Movies: An Interview with Josiah Kibira

by Katrina Daly Thompson

Ufahamu 36: 1 & 2 (2008): 38-61.

“Maison Tropicale: A Conversation with Manthia Diawara”

by Judith Rodenbeck

October 133 (Summer 2010): 106-132.

Adapting Genesis

by Walter Metz

Published in Literature/Film Quarterly. 35.3 [Summer 2007]. 229-236.

This essay explores two 1990s African films--The Emigrant (Egypt, dir. Youssef Chahine, 1994) and Genesis (Mali, dir.... more This essay explores two 1990s African films--The Emigrant (Egypt, dir. Youssef Chahine, 1994) and Genesis (Mali, dir. Cheick Oumar Sissoko, 1999)--as radical adaptations of the Holy Bible, expressing an Afro-centric view of the foundation myth of the Judeo-Christian world.

The pan-Africanism we have: Nollywood's invention of Africa

by John C. McCall

Special Edition of Film International (FilmInt.). Onookome Okome (ed.). Issue 28, 5(4): 92-97. 2007.

Download pdf at: http://anthro.siuc.edu/mccall/articles/Pan-AfricanismWeHave.pdf

This article argues that Nollywood movies have initiated a pan-African discourse about what it means to be African. This article argues that Nollywood movies have initiated a pan-African discourse about what it means to be African.

Juju and Justice at the Movies: Vigilantes in Nigerian Popular Videos

by John C. McCall

2004. African Studies Review. 47(3): 51-67.

Download pdf at: http://anthro.siuc.edu/mccall/articles/juju&justice.pdf

This article examines the rise of vigilantism in southeastern Nigeria. Two opposing discourses on Nigerian vigilantism... more This article examines the rise of vigilantism in southeastern Nigeria. Two opposing discourses on Nigerian vigilantism are examined. The first is characterized by the valorization of vigilantes as heroes in popular Nigerian video movies. The second is represented by a recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report denouncing the vigilantes as criminals. My research utilizes ethnographic research to contextualize the video movies as a means toward understanding the ideological gap between these discourses. A close analysis of the Issakaba video series reveals a subtle treatment of the vigilante phenomenon designed to appeal to an indigenous perspective that is cognizant of the inherent risks of vigilante justice but also aware of the limitations of reform strategies such as those proposed by the HRW report.

Résumé: Cet article examine la montée du vigilantisme dans le sud est du Nigeria. Il analyse deux discours opposés sur le vigilantisme nigérien. Le premier est caractérisé par la valorisation des membres de groupes qui s'emparent de la loi pour administrer leur propre justice jusqu'à en faire des héros dans les films vidéo populaires nigériens. Le second est représenté par un rapport récemment publié par Human Rights Watch (HRW) dénonçant les membres des organisations vigilantistes comme des criminels. Ma recherche utilise la recherche ethnographique afin de contextualiser les films vidéo et de les interpréter comme un moyen pour comprendre l'écart idéologique qui sépare ces deux discours. Une analyse approfondie de la série vidéo Issakaba révèle un traitement subtil du phénomène du vigilantisme dans le but d'attirer une perspective indigène consciente des risques inhérents à la justice prodiguée par le vigilantisme, mais sensibilisée aux limites que présentent les stratégies de réforme comme celles qui sont proposées par le rapport de HRW.