N Frank Ukadike
Biographic Data
| ID | 3924684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | N Frank Ukadike |
| GIVEN NAMES | N Frank |
| FAMILY NAME | Ukadike |
| SIGNATURE | UKADIKE N F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tulane University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Mapping Africa
Images of the 'Reel' Thing
Toward an African Cinema
Where many of his contemporaries have failed, Ugbomah and his production company, Edifosa Films, have produced more than thirteen films without turning to outside funding agencies. He envisions a thriving African film industry that requires no assistance from external sources. This insistence, as well as his demotic flair and socially committed art, makes him a uniquely compelling antiestablishment figure in African film. It has also put him on a…
Reclaiming Images of Women in Films from Africa and the Black Diaspora
Female subjectivity in Africa, as elsewhere, has often been defined by men rather than by women. Black women have fallen victim to a tendency to de-womanize black womanhood - to paraphrase Nigerian playwright 'Zulu Sofola.1 Consequently, films made by African women and men are attempting to rehumanize portrayals of women and to reassert their identities. Furthermore, African women filmmakers are facing the challenge of regaining for women the pow…
African Films
Additional informationNotes on contributorsN. Frank Ukadike He is the author of Black African Cinema (University of California Press, forthcoming 1993). He is also at work on a book entitled A Questioning Cinema: Conversations with Black African Filmmakers
Framing Fespaco
Essay| November 01 1991 Framing Fespaco: Pan-African Film in Context N. Frank Ukadike N. Frank Ukadike N. Frank Ukadike is the author of Black African Cinema, University of California Press (forthcoming, 1992). He is currently working on a collection of interviews of African filmmakers tentatively titled, A Questioning Cinema: Conversations With Black African Filmmakers. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Af…
Western Film Images of Africa
IIHP*he real aim of colonialism, Ngugi X writes, to control . . . the entire realm of the language of real life . . . But its most important area of domination was the mental universe of the colonised, the control, through culture, of how people perceived themselves and their relationship to the world.1 We have seen that in West Africa, for example, the Christian missionaries used audio-visual
The Cinema in Nigeria by Francoise Balagun
No abstract
Representing Native Kenya on Film
No abstract
Images of the 'Reel' Thing
Reclaiming Images of Women in Films from Africa and the Black Diaspora
Female subjectivity in Africa, as elsewhere, has often been defined by men rather than by women. Black women have fallen victim to a tendency to de-womanize black womanhood - to paraphrase Nigerian playwright 'Zulu Sofola.1 Consequently, films made by African women and men are attempting to rehumanize portrayals of women and to reassert their identities. Furthermore, African women filmmakers are facing the challenge of regaining for women the pow…
Western Film Images of Africa
IIHP*he real aim of colonialism, Ngugi X writes, to control . . . the entire realm of the language of real life . . . But its most important area of domination was the mental universe of the colonised, the control, through culture, of how people perceived themselves and their relationship to the world.1 We have seen that in West Africa, for example, the Christian missionaries used audio-visual
Toward an African Cinema
Where many of his contemporaries have failed, Ugbomah and his production company, Edifosa Films, have produced more than thirteen films without turning to outside funding agencies. He envisions a thriving African film industry that requires no assistance from external sources. This insistence, as well as his demotic flair and socially committed art, makes him a uniquely compelling antiestablishment figure in African film. It has also put him on a…
African Films
Additional informationNotes on contributorsN. Frank Ukadike He is the author of Black African Cinema (University of California Press, forthcoming 1993). He is also at work on a book entitled A Questioning Cinema: Conversations with Black African Filmmakers
The Cinema in Nigeria by Francoise Balagun
No abstract
Representing Native Kenya on Film
No abstract
Western Film Images of Africa
IIHP*he real aim of colonialism, Ngugi X writes, to control . . . the entire realm of the language of real life . . . But its most important area of domination was the mental universe of the colonised, the control, through culture, of how people perceived themselves and their relationship to the world.1 We have seen that in West Africa, for example, the Christian missionaries used audio-visual
Framing Fespaco
Essay| November 01 1991 Framing Fespaco: Pan-African Film in Context N. Frank Ukadike N. Frank Ukadike N. Frank Ukadike is the author of Black African Cinema, University of California Press (forthcoming, 1992). He is currently working on a collection of interviews of African filmmakers tentatively titled, A Questioning Cinema: Conversations With Black African Filmmakers. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Af…
African Films
Additional informationNotes on contributorsN. Frank Ukadike He is the author of Black African Cinema (University of California Press, forthcoming 1993). He is also at work on a book entitled A Questioning Cinema: Conversations with Black African Filmmakers
Toward an African Cinema
Where many of his contemporaries have failed, Ugbomah and his production company, Edifosa Films, have produced more than thirteen films without turning to outside funding agencies. He envisions a thriving African film industry that requires no assistance from external sources. This insistence, as well as his demotic flair and socially committed art, makes him a uniquely compelling antiestablishment figure in African film. It has also put him on a…
Reclaiming Images of Women in Films from Africa and the Black Diaspora
Female subjectivity in Africa, as elsewhere, has often been defined by men rather than by women. Black women have fallen victim to a tendency to de-womanize black womanhood - to paraphrase Nigerian playwright 'Zulu Sofola.1 Consequently, films made by African women and men are attempting to rehumanize portrayals of women and to reassert their identities. Furthermore, African women filmmakers are facing the challenge of regaining for women the pow…
Images of the 'Reel' Thing
Mapping Africa
African history and culture studies (9 works) · Art (7 works) · History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Movie theater (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)