""Should African film cater to a mass market, or should it seek higher aesthetic or political goals? In addition to this crucial question, Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-first Century addresses the changes in African cinema and the new directions it is now taking. The appr…
African cinema in the 1960s originated mainly from Francophone countries. It resembled the art cinema of contemporary Europe and relied on support from the French film industry and the French state. Beginning in1969 the biennial Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision…
Kofi Annan: guiding the United Nations
Kofi Annan: guiding the United Nations
Kofi Annan: guiding the United Nations
In December 2001, Kofi Annan and the United Nations organization received the Nobel Peace Prize; Annan, the secretary-general of the United Nations, was recognized for his work "for a better organized and more peaceful world."
Kofi Annan: guiding the United Nations
In December 2001, Kofi A Annan and the United Nations organization received the Nobel Peace Prize. Annan, the secretary-general of the United Nations, focuses on this leader's efforts to strengthen and revitalize the United Nations and bring it into the 21st century. Born in Kum…
Kofi Annan: guiding the United Nations
Examines the life and work of Kofi Annan, including his childhood, education, and accomplishments as secretary-general of the United Nations.
The Asante World provides fresh perspectives on the Asante, the largest Akan group in Southern Ghana, and what new scholars are thinking and writing about the "world the Asante made." By employing a thematic approach, the volume interrogates several dimensions of Asante history …
Theoretical and methodological contexts -- Cultural and historical contexts -- A written history of the "model colony" -- An oral history of "Gruner's time" -- Nostalgia, neglect, and nationalism under the British -- German scholars, performance, and sites of memory -- Conclusio…
Memories of the German presence in the central Volta Region of Ghana are deep and vivid. This ethnically diverse area was part of the German Togoland colony from roughly 1884 to 1914 but German-speaking missionaries established stations earlier in the mid-nineteenth century. Gha…
