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Postcolonial African Cinema: From Political Engagement to Postmodernism

Postcolonial African Cinema: From Political Engagement to Postmodernism

January 31, 2008 00:27:25

Guests: Alegi, Peter
Harrow, Ken
Babana-Hampton, Safoi

Host: Alegi, Peter
Limb, Peter

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Episode 002

African Cinema and Literature

This episode focuses on African football (soccer), cinema, and literature. In the first segment, Peter Alegi reports on the first round of the African Nations Cup in Ghana. In the second segment, MSU Professors Ken Harrow and Safoi Babana-Hampton join us in a discussion centered around Harrow’s new book Postcolonial African Cinema: From Political Engagement to Postmodernism (Indiana University Press, 2007). Issues of authenticity, truth, self-expression, and the impact of new media connect the latest trends in African cinema and literature.

00:00:00 - 00:01:58 Introduction
00:01:59 - 00:05:50 Africa Nations Cup
00:05:50 - 00:08:29 Introduction to Segment 2
00:08:29 - 00:10:08 Themes in African Cinema
00:10:08 - 00:12:32 Cinema of Struggle in Africa
00:12:32 - 00:17:10 New Conventions in African Cinema
00:20:38 - 00:24:13 Diasporic Responses to New Forms of African Art
00:24:13 - 00:26:03 MSU Events
00:26:22 - 00:27:25 Outro

Cite this Episode

Alegi, Peter, Peter Limb, Ken Harrow, and Safoi Babana-Hampton. "African Cinema and Literature". Africa Past and Present, January 31, 2008. https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=002/.