African francophone novel - semiology of the image - postcolonial poetics and theory - literary texts - African cinema - African cinema - adaptation.
"6" Result
Sort By:
This study focuses on the role of women in African cinema – in terms of female directors working in the African film industries as well as the representation of women in African film. My research specifically focuses on francophone West African and lusophone and anglophone South…
At the inception of West African cinema the goal was to use the medium of film to correct the distortions left behind in the wake of colonial history. However, the problem with such a goal is that one soon finds out that there is really no history to correct in film. As Robert H…
This study examines class and gender representations in Nollywood films through textual analysis of a sample of films retrieved from the website of the largest Nollywood streaming service, irokoTV. The study investigates patterns in class and gender representations in terms of s…
Deep Focus. The films of Jean-Pierre Bekolo in the context of African cinema studies the work of Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Pierre Bekolo (°1966) and African cinema. The first part provides a context of African cinema through specific paradigms which have not yet been systematic…