African Cinema: Volume 1: Colonial Antecedents, Constituents, Theory, and Articulations (Studies in the Cinema of the Black Diaspora)

By: Gaston Jean-Marie Kaboré and Michael T. Martin and Roy Armes and James E. Genova and Femi Okiremuete Shaka and James Burns and Tom Rice and Odile Goerg and Med Hondo and Férid Boughedir and Haile Gerima and Sada Niang and Monique Mbeka Phoba and Olivier Barlet and Clyde R. Taylor and Alexie Tcheuyap and Esiaba Irobi and Stephen A. Zacks and Teshome H. Gabriel and David Murphy and Jude Akudinobi and Maureen N. Eke and Arnold Shepperson and Keyan G. Tomaselli and Paulin Soumanou Vieyra and Boukary Sawadogo and Claude Forest and Samba Gadjigo and Beti Ellerson

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Synopsis: 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.