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African Cinema
African cinema critique
African Creative Imagination
African cultural studies
African Feminism
African Fi
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Crime Fi Ction
Devil Worship
District Administrations
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marks
media representation analysis
Nigerian Movies
Oyo Yoruba
postcolonial theory
Postmodern Sublime
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Rain Clouds Gather
religious symbolism Africa
Sierra Leone Colony
Southwestern Nigeria
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Tribal Marks
Western perceptions of African societies
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Product details

  • ISBN 9780415803168
  • Weight: 810g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Aug 2009
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

This volume brings together insights from distinguished scholars from around the world to address the facts, fiction and creative imaginations in the pervasive portrayals of Africa, its people, societies and cultures in the literature and the media. The fictionalization of Africa and African issues in the media and the popular literature that blends facts and fiction has rendered perceptions of Africa, its cultures, societies, customs, and conflicts often superficial and deficient in the popular Western consciousness. The book brings eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines to sort out the persistent fictionalization of Africa, from facts pertaining to the genesis of powerful cultural, political or religious icons, the historical and cultural significance of "intriguing" customs (such as tribal marks), gender relations, causes of conflicts and African responses, and creative imaginations in contemporary African films, fiction and literature, among others.

About
Dr. Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History and a Distinguished Teaching Professsor at the University of Texas at Austin. Fallou Ngom is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Director of the African Language Program at the African Studies Center at Boston University.