Directory of World Cinema: Africa
Edited by Blandine Stefanson, Visiting Research Fellow, The University of
Adelaide, Australia; Guest Editor, Journal of African Cinemas
African cinema is often contested as a reality or a concept: ‘Does it
exist?’, ‘What is it about?’ ‘How do productions from Egypt to South Africa
fit in under the African label?’ Yet African films are the focus of many
festivals within Africa (Ouagadougou, Cairo, Carthage, Marrakech, Kigali,
Goma, Bukavu, Bujumbura, Zanzibar, Durban) and abroad (Amiens, Nantes,
Milano, Verona, Montreal, Brussels, Leuwen (Louvain), Namur, Amsterdam,
London). The Directory of World Cinema: Africa will provide an insight into
the cinema of many African countries through reviews of significant titles
and case studies of leading directors, alongside explorations of the
cultural and industrial motivations of key themes and genres.
The volume will attempt to apprehend African reality in self-representation.
Chapter headings will address the changing public sphere, Africans at work
(including the rapport to money and the economic and political role of
women), multiple aspects of migration (rural exodus, economic migration,
refugees, diasporas), culture and religion, magic (belief in supernatural
forces), representation of children, the use of music, the choice of
languages, symbolic representation. The films from the different regions
that are usually defined by their official languages (anglophone,
francophone, lusophone) will be entered under the themes or genres
subheadings in order to avoid the partition between the linguistic regions.
New genres, such a TV films and series, African made documentaries,
musicals, videos and independently produced films and other suggested items,
are welcome.
We are looking for film reviews (500 words or more) or longer introductory
essays to a theme or genre. For general information, consult
www.worldcinemadirectory.org. To contribute to the African volume, please
contact Blandine Stefanson, [log in to unmask]
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