Cinema and Development in West Africa

Cinema and Development in West Africa shows how the film industry in Francophone West African countries played an important role in executing strategies of nation building during the transition from French rule to the early postcolonial period. James E. Genova sees the construction of African identities and economic development as the major themes in the political literature and cultural production of the time. Focusing on film both as industry and aesthetic genre, he demonstrates its unique place in economic development and provides a comprehensive history of filmmaking in the region during the transition from colonies to sovereign states.

Author: James E. Genova
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 09/25/2013
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.35w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780253010025

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2014

About the Author

James E. Genova is Associate Professor of History at the Ohio State University-Marion. He is author of Colonial Ambivalence, Cultural Authenticity, and the Limitations of Mimicry in French-Ruled West Africa, 1914-1956.