Postcolonial African cinema

Postcolonial African cinemaAuthor: David Murphy ISBN: 9780719072024 Publisher: Manchester University Press Year first published: 01 Nov 2007 Pages: 256 Format: Hardback This is the first introduction of its kind to an important cross section of postcolonial African filmmakers from the 1950s to the present. Building on previous critical work in the field, this volume will bring together ideas from a range of disciplines film studies, African cultural studies, and, in particular,

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