African Cinema: Manifesto and Practice for Cultural Decolonization

Volume 1: Colonial Antecedents, Constituents, Theory, and Articulations

Challenging established views and assumptions about traditions and practices of filmmaking in the African diaspora, this three-volume set offers readers a researched critique on black film.
Volume One of this landmark series on African cinema draws together foundational scholarship on its history and evolution. Beginning with the ideological project of colonial film to legitimize the economic exploitation and cultural hegemony of the African continent during imperial rule to its counter-historical formation and theorization. It comprises essays by film scholars and filmmakers alike, among them Roy Armes, Med Hondo, Fèrid Boughedir, Haile Gerima, Oliver Barlet, Teshome Gabriel, and David Murphy, including three distinct dossiers: a timeline of key dates in the history of African cinema; a comprehensive chronicle and account of the contributions by African women in cinema; and a homage and overview of Ousmane Sembène, the "Father" of African cinema.

Contributor: Med Hondo (Contributions by), Haile Gerima (Contributions by), Monique Mbeka Phoba (Contributions by), Clyde R. Taylor (Contributions by), Férid Boughedir (Contributions by), Alexie Tcheuyap (Contributions by), Esiaba Irobi (Contributions by), Stephen A. Zacks (Contributions by), Teshome H. Gabriel (Contributions by), David Murphy (Contributions by), Jude Akudinobi (Contributions by), Maureen N. Eke (Contributions by), Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (Contributions by), Boukary Sawadogo (Contributions by), Olivier Barlet (Contributions by), Samba Gadjigo (Contributions by), Sada Niang (Contributions by), Beti Ellerson (Contributions by), Michael T. Martin (Edited by), Gaston Jean-Marie Kaboré (Edited by), Michael T. Martin (Contributions by), Roy Armes (Contributions by), James E. Genova (Contributions by), Femi Okiremuete Shaka (Contributions by), James Burns (Contributions by), Tom Rice (Contributions by), Odile Goerg (Contributions by), Joseph E. Roskos (With)

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