The History of Sub-Saharan African Literatures on Film

Herausgeber: Hanaburgh, Sara; Hasenfratz, Bob; Semenza, Greg M Colón

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781501330834
• ISBN-10: 1501330837
• Artikelnr.: 59505232

Autorenporträt

Sara Hanaburgh is Assistant Professor of French at St. John's University, USA. She is co-translator of Boubacar Boris Diop's Kaveena (2016) and translator of The Fury and Cries of Women (2014). She has published in Warscapes and Dictionary of African Biography.