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Global Nollywood: The Transnational Dimensions of an African Video Film Industry

By Matthias Krings , Onookome Okome

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
0253009235, 9780253009234
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2852454 bytes)
Series
African Expressive Cultures
Pages
382\382
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-07-09 17:21:54
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Description

Global Nollywood considers this first truly African cinema beyond its Nigerian origins. In 15 lively essays, this volume traces the engagement of the Nigerian video film industry with the African continent and the rest of the world. Topics such as Nollywood as a theoretical construct, the development of a new, critical film language, and Nollywood’s transformation outside of Nigeria reveal the broader implications of this film form as it travels and develops. Highlighting controversies surrounding commodification, globalization, and the development of the film industry on a wider scale, this volume gives sustained attention to Nollywood as a uniquely African cultural production.

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