New African Cinema examines the pressing social, cultural, economic, and historical issues explored by African filmmakers from the early post-colonial years int

Contemporary African filmmaking is the subject of this insightful and exciting look at every aspect of the art form on the African continent. Focusing on new tr

Manthia Diawara provides an insider's account of the history and current status of African cinema. African Cinema: Politics and Culture is the first extended st

From the proselytizing lantern slides of early Christian missionaries to contemporary films that look at Africa through an African lens, N. Frank Ukadike explor

Bringing theory and practice together, African Cinema and Human Rights argues that moving images have a significant role to play in advancing the causes of just