Tanja Sakota-Kokot
Biographic Data
| ID | 6298032 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tanja Sakota-Kokot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tanja |
| FAMILY NAME | Sakota-Kokot |
| SIGNATURE | SAKOTA-KOKOT T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Everything but ‘ordinary’
This article examines four war-themed mainstream films about Africa – I Dreamed of Africa (Hugh Hudson, 2000), The Constant Gardener (Fernando Meirelles, 2005), Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, 2001) and Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick, 2006). The films were chosen because they present seemingly different representations of the African characters through their narrative strategies. The discussion will examine the representation of Western and African c…
When the past talks to the present
Hotel Rwanda is a story presented through the Hutu hero, Paul Rusesabagina, and his plight for the survival of nearly 1 268 refugees in the Mille Collines Hotel during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Though Paul is the hero, the film ultimately also presents him as an ‘other’, as the reading of the genocide is ultimately through Western eyes. This article analyses how Paul is marginalised and presented as ‘other’, and argues that this representation c…
When the past talks to the present
Hotel Rwanda is a story presented through the Hutu hero, Paul Rusesabagina, and his plight for the survival of nearly 1 268 refugees in the Mille Collines Hotel during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Though Paul is the hero, the film ultimately also presents him as an ‘other’, as the reading of the genocide is ultimately through Western eyes. This article analyses how Paul is marginalised and presented as ‘other’, and argues that this representation c…
When the past talks to the present
Hotel Rwanda is a story presented through the Hutu hero, Paul Rusesabagina, and his plight for the survival of nearly 1 268 refugees in the Mille Collines Hotel during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Though Paul is the hero, the film ultimately also presents him as an ‘other’, as the reading of the genocide is ultimately through Western eyes. This article analyses how Paul is marginalised and presented as ‘other’, and argues that this representation c…
Everything but ‘ordinary’
This article examines four war-themed mainstream films about Africa – I Dreamed of Africa (Hugh Hudson, 2000), The Constant Gardener (Fernando Meirelles, 2005), Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, 2001) and Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick, 2006). The films were chosen because they present seemingly different representations of the African characters through their narrative strategies. The discussion will examine the representation of Western and African c…
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