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Title Contemporary African cultural productions = production culturelles africaines contemporaines / edited by V.Y. Mudimbe
Published Dakar (Senegal) : CODESRIA, 2012

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Series Contemporary African cultural productions = Productions culturelles africaines contemporaines
Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Preface; 1. Dancing through the Crisis: Survival Dynamics and Zimbabwe Music Industry; 2. Retelling Joburg for TV: Risky City; 3. The Legendary Inikpi of Nigeria: A Play -- Political Interpretation and Contemporary Implications; 4. Makishi Masquerade and Activities: The Reformulation of Visual and Performance Genres of the Mukanda School of Zambia; 5. Religiosity in Vihiga District: Modernity and Expressions of Outward Forms
6. Striking the Snake with its own Fangs: Uganda Acoli Song, Performance and Gender Dynamics7. Industrie musicale au Sénégal: étude d'une évolution; 8. Voix féminines de la chanson au Cameroun: émergence et reconnaissance artistique; 9. Vidéo et espace politique: le cas dela Côte d'Ivoire; 10. Les Bantous de la capitale de Brazzaville: Cycle de vie et productions culturelles; 11. Le vidéoclip congolais : politique de mots et rhétorique d'images; 12. Artes e reconstruir indentidades: Um Proyetode teatro em Mozambique; 13. Afterword: A Meditation of the Convener; Back cover
Summary All over Africa, an explosion in cultural productions of various genres is in evidence. Whether in relation to music, song and dance, drama, poetry, film, documentaries, photography, cartoons, fine arts, novels and short stories, essays, and (auto)biography; the continent is experiencing a robust outpouring of creative power that is as remarkable for its originality as its all-round diversity. Beginning from the late 1970s and early 1980s, the African continent has experienced the longest and deepest economic crises than at any other time since the period after the Second World War. Interestin
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Subject Arts, African -- 21st century
Performing arts -- Africa -- 21st century
African literature -- 21st century
Motion picture industry -- Africa -- 21st century
ART -- African.
African literature
Arts, African
Motion picture industry
Performing arts
Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Mudimbe, V. Y., 1941-
ISBN 9782869785618
2869785615
Other Titles Production culturelles africaines contemporaines