Genova, James Eskridge.

Cinema and development in West Africa / James E. Genova. - 1 online resource (222 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: cinema as art and industry -- The cinema industrial complex in French West Africa to the 1950s -- The colonialist regime of representation, 1945-60 -- West African anticolonial film politics, 1950s-60s -- The postcolonial African regime of representation -- The West African cinema industrial complex, 1960s-70s -- postscript: Francophone West African cinema to the present.

9780253010117 (e-book)


Motion picture industry--History--Africa, French-speaking West--20th century.


France--Colonies--History--Africa--20th century.


Electronic books.

PN1993.5.A35 / G46 2013

791.43/0966