African Filmmaking North and South of the Sahara.(Book review)

Publication: Research in African Literatures

Publication Date: 22-JUN-08

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African Filmmaking North and South of the Sahara

BY ROY ARMES

Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2006.

xii + 224 pp. ISBN 0-253-21898-8

Roy Armes's African Filmmaking North and South of the Sahara is a study of African cinema by one of the foremost scholars on world cinema. The book presents itself as a comprehensive study of filmmaking on the African continent, and the first to look at cinema from the Maghreb in the broader context of African cinema. In some respects, Armes's book certainly is comprehensive. It explores issues ranging from the influence of colonialism on filmmaking in Africa to the economics...

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