The History of Sub-Saharan African Literatures on Film
The History of Sub-Saharan African Literatures on Film
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- Herausgeber: Sara Hanaburgh, Greg M Colón Semenza, Bob Hasenfratz
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- Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales), 08/2025
- Einband: Gebunden
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781501330834
- Umfang: 304 Seiten
- Gewicht: 454 g
- Maße: 229 x 152 mm
- Stärke: 25 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 21.8.2025
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This comprehensive history of cinematic adaptations of sub-Saharan African literatures analyzes social, economic and political factors that influenced the film versions of texts across a wide range of genres from 1896 to the present. Cinematic adaptations of sub-Saharan African literatures draw from a wide range of genres from West African folktales to Zulu legends, from Hausa popular literature to graphic novels or war narratives. To date there has not been a more comprehensive study concerned with the question of adaptation of African literature and oral traditions to the screen.The contributors examine how adaptations of African literatures-in their multilingual and multicultural contexts-mirror trends and transitions in the region's literary and, particularly, cinematic histories. Instead of focusing on a particular filmmaker or relying on case studies, analyses depart from the notion that sub-Saharan African cinematic adaptations are deeply influenced by historical moments and political and economic transitions.