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Musicology in African Cinema

The analysis of the complex role of music in film is generally underrated or forgotten by critics, the majority of whom remain prostrate before the dictatorship of the image. Yet as a manifestation of culture, music has a privileged position with respect to the study of representations of identity and ideology. PHD researcher Beatriz Leal Riesco discusses the use of music within West African francophone cinema. >Read

‘East African filmmaking – Riverwood and beyond’ With the premiere of award winning filmmaker, Wanuri Kahiu's Pumzi to the AMAA nomination night hosted in Nairobi to the premiering of another cinematic success, Soul Boy; the spotlight's on the East African film industry. PhD candidate, Stefanie Dresch takes a look at the East African Filmmaking, Riverwood and more. >Read

Films, Films, Philms: Re-thinking films and TV with cellphones Jonathan Dockney, a Master’s student from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa discusses cellphone filmmaking in Africa, where almost 50 percent of the population has access to a cellphone. >Read

African traditional religions in African films: A look at Nollywood Dr Brilliant Mhlanga seeks to make sense of the phanerons often used in visual exposition of African Traditional Religion (ATR) through film as a metaphorical representation of the binaries of ‘evil’ versus ‘good.’ He pays particular attention to Nollywood. >Read