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Interview with Jean-Marie Teno
Directing both documentary and fiction, Jean-Marie Teno frequently shoots his films himself, often in the reflexive and provocative style of the first person narrative. Born in 1954, in Famleng, Cameroon, Teno studied communication at the University of Valenciennes and graduated …
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- After African Independence A Review of the New York African Film Festival: “Independent Africa.”
Malian-French director Daouda Coulibaly begins his short film, Il Était une fois l’indépendance (A History of Independence, 2009), with a wedding celebration. A newlywed couple dances, guests clap, and a tethered goat awaits slaughter. Instead of the boisterous sounds of …
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- Film and History in Africa: A Critical Survey of Current Trends and Tendencies
- By Mbye Cham
Like other forms of creative expression by Africans, filmmaking constitutes a form of discourse and practice that is not just artistic and cultural, but also intellectual and political. It is a way of defining, describing and interpreting African experiences with …
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- African Cuisine…The Abidjan Allocodrome
- By Isabelle Boni-Claverie
A real bad boy, in the true sense of the word, is an outlaw. A boy who comes from the back streets. He is against society. Abou Bourguiba, ex-boss of the Mapless, one of the main gangs in Treichville The …
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- Coming of Age in Nigerian Moviemaking
- By Tunde Adegbola
The 1970s signalled the beginning of indigenous efforts in Nigerian filmmaking. Francis Oladele made Kongi’s Harvest written by Wole Soyinka in 1971 and soon after that, Ola Balogun made Alpha in Paris. Balogun later followed with other works like Amadi, …
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