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This comprehensive history of cinematic adaptations of sub-Saharan African literatures analyzes social, economic and political factors that influenced the film versions of texts across a wide range of genres from 1896 to the present. Cinematic adaptations of sub-Saharan African literatures draw from a wide range of genres from West African folktales to Zulu legends, from Hausa popular literature to graphic novels or war narratives. To date there has not been a more comprehensive study concerned with the question of adaptation of African literature and oral traditions to the screen.
The contributors examine how adaptations of African literatures—in their multilingual and multicultural contexts—mirror trends and transitions in the region's literary and, particularly, cinematic histories. Instead of focusing on a particular filmmaker or relying on case studies, analyses depart from the notion that sub-Saharan African cinematic adaptations are deeply influenced by historical moments and political and economic transitions.
Contents
Introduction (Sara Hanaburgh,St John's University, USA)
Chapter 1: Decolonizing the Gaze: Pioneering African Cinema and Adaptation as Political Act (1953-1969)(Vlad Dima, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
Chapter 2: Adaptation and Revolutionary Aesthetics (1970-1982) (Lizelle Bisschoff, University of Glasgow, UK)
Chapter 3: Re-Framing History, National Identity and Social Life: Adaptation in Troubled Decades (1980s-1990s) (Lindiwe Dovey, SOAS, University of London, UK)
Chapter 4: Toward a More Commercially Viable Filmmaking: Popular Theatre and Market Literature Adapted for African Screens (1990-2000)(Manouchka Kelly Labouba, University of Southern California, USA)
Chapter 5: From Book to Film to Digital Event (200-2010) (Bhakti Shringarpure, University of Connecticut, USA)
Chapter 6: The New Look of World Literature on Screen (2008-present) (Sara Hanaburgh, St. John's University, USA)
Conclusion (Sara Hanaburgh)
Bibliography
Appendices
Index
