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Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene has often been referred to as a pioneer of the sub-Saharan African cinema. From
Borom Sarret (1963) to
Guelwaar (1992), Sembene has developed a political and aesthetic project that has deeply influenced the evolution of African filmmaking. This project, with its goal to create a new Africa free of the remnants of colonialist oppression, has subsequently become the objective of emerging generations of African filmmakers. In this book seven scholars explore Sembene's notion of a new Africa by examining the central issues of change, cultural alienation and economic dependence that infuse the director's cinematic and literary works.
In this book seven scholars explore Sembene's notion of a new Africa by examining the central issues of change, cultural alienation and economic dependence that infuse the director's cinematic and literary works.
List of contents
Introduction by Sheila Petty
The Context of the African Filmmaker by Roy Armes
Nation, Inter-nation and Narration in Ousmane Sembene's Films by Philip Rosen
Orality in the Films of Ousmane Sembene by Sada Niang
Towards a Changing Africa: Women's Roles in the Films of Ousmane Sembene by Sheila Petty
Ontological Discourse in Ousmane Sembene's Cinema by Frederick Ivor Case
The Creation of an African Film Aesthetic/Language for Representing African Realities by Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike
Language Use and Representation of the Senegalese Subject in the Written Work of Ousmane Sembene by Beth Willey
Filmography
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the author
SHEILA PETTY is Associate Professor of Film and Video at the University of Regina. She has written various articles and reviews on African cinema in such journals as
Canadian Journal of Communication,
Cineaction,
Society for Visual Anthropology Review,
Issue: A Journal of Opinion and
Visions. She was a contributor to
Films d'Afrique (1991), has curated several film and video exhibitions/installations, and is currently preparing a book and exhibition project on national identities in African, Brazilian and Quebec television serials.
