Glimmering Utopias
50 Years of African Film
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2303199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cassis Kilian (0000-0002-1575-5874, Department of Anthropology and African Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 147-159 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Spectrum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0397 • E-ISSN: 1868-6869 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000203971004500308 |
| OpenAlex | W1804386211 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
The history of African film began in the 1960s with the independence of the colonies. Despite all kinds of political and economic difficulties, numerous films have been made since then, featuring wide-ranging processes of consolidation, differentiation and transformation which were characteristic of post-colonial sub-Saharan Africa. However, these feature films should not merely be viewed as back references to specifically African problems. The glimmering fictions are imagination spaces. They preserve ideas about how the post-colonial circumstances should be approached. Seen from this perspective, the history of African film may be studied as a history of African utopias
Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Consolidation (business · Economics · History of Africa · Independence (probability theory · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · African history and culture studies · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Mathematics
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |