Full Description
This volume documents from historical and contemporary perspectives, the situations, trends and issues of cartooning in a number of African countries, and profiles the individuals, forms and phenomena that stand out. All types of cartooning are covered, including comic books, comic strips, gag and political cartoons, and humour magazines.
Contents
African Cartooning: An Overview of Issues and Problems, John A. Lent. Vignette: Cartoonists Rights Network, Free Speech, and Cartooning in Africa, Robert Russell. Comics for Development and Conscientization, John A. Lent. Vignette: From Slavery to Freedom: A Comic Book from Angola, Bill Mantio. The Algerian Strip and Bilingual Politics, Allen Douglas and Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Vignette: The Horrors of Cartooning in Silm's Algeria, John A. Lent. Vignette: ""A"" is for Algeria (or Afghanistan), Allen Douglas and Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Press Cartoons and Politics: The Case of as Indigenous and Western Phenomena, Allen Douglas and Fedwa Mahti-Douglas. Foreignness and Kenyan Cartooning, John A. Lent with Levi Obonyo and Dorothy Njoroge. Cartooning in Mozambique: An Overview, Leif Packain. Cartooning in Nigeria: Large Canvas, Little Movement, Oyin Medubi, Vignette: Nigerian Cartooning Pro and Con-An Exchange Between an Editor and Two Cartoonists, John A. Lent. Southern Africa: Hardly a Cartoonist's Eden, John A. Lent. Black & White in Ink: Discourses of Resistance in South African Cartooning, Andy Mason. Vignette: South Africa's Napier Dunn-Have French Horn (Or Pencil), Will Travel, John A. Lent. Tanzanian Comic Art: Vibrant and Plentiful, Leif Packain. Tradition Viewed From the Maghrib: Tunisia, Allen Douglas and Fedwa Mahti Douglas. Contributors. Author index. Subject Index.
