Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora

Anjali Prabhu is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Wellesley College, USA, where she also teaches in the Cinema and Media Studies Program. The author of Hybridity: Limits, Transformations, Prospects (2007), she has published widely in journals such as Cinema Journal, International Journal of French and Francophone Studies, Levinas Studies, Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, Diacitics, Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literatures, Présence Francophone, and Comparative Literature Studies.

• Acknowledgments ix1 Africa Watch: Parameters and Contexts 1Part I Space 332 The Postcolonial City: Education of the Spectator in Harrikrisna Anenden’s The Cathedral 353 Framing the City: Africanizing Viewer and Viewed through Angle, Distance, Genre, and Movement 55Part II Character 774 Models of African Femininity 795 African Masculinity: “We Don’t Need Another Hero” 1136 Revolutionary Personhood: Revolutionize the Spectator, or Stop, Thief! 133Part III Narrative 1557 Documentary Film: Situating a Style 1578 African Narration: Narration of Africa 1729 Jean-Marie Teno: Creating an African Repertoire 18710 Conclusion: Inside/Outside or How to Make a Film about Africa Today 216Filmography 234References 238Glossary 246Index 251