Popular African cinema is regional and multilingual. Kannywood, Kumawood, Riverwood, Bongo Movies and series cultures show different languages, genres, infrastructures and publics.
Lesson goal
Recognize African popular industries beyond a Lagos-only framework.
Module
Popular Industries, Nollywood, YouTube, Series and Platforms
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Formation 09 lecture placeholder · Beyond Lagos: Kannywood, Kumawood, Riverwood, Bongo Movies and Series
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Situate regional popular industries and series through period, method, institutions, audiences and circulation.
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Study authorship, popular industries, genres, platforms, archives, politics, cities and publics.
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Turn the analysis into a program, critical dossier, Shot Atlas note, CineMap record, CineUbuntu debate or festival brief.
Contemporary African cinema is not one style, one market or one festival category. It includes auteur films, popular industries, series, YouTube circulation, diasporic works, documentaries, archives, genre films, experimental practices and new publics.
Popular African cinema is regional and multilingual. Kannywood, Kumawood, Riverwood, Bongo Movies and series cultures show different languages, genres, infrastructures and publics.
Discussion prompt
Which contemporary force is most visible here: form, industry, platform, politics, audience, archive or circulation?
Exercise prompt
Compare two regional screen industries by language, genre, distribution and audience.
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