Introduction Chapter 1: What Is African Cinema? Case Study: Aristotle’s Plot (Jean-Pierre Bekolo, 1996) PART I: HISTORY OF AFRICAN CINEMAS Chapter 2: History of African Cinemas Case Study: Sanders of the River (Zoltan Korda, 1935): Celebration of the British Empire Chapter 3: Parallel Movement: African Cinemas and African American Cinema Case Study: Black Is King (Beyoncé, 2020) PART II: AESTHETICS IN AFRICAN CINEMAS Chapter 4: Cinematography: Space, Time, and Rhythm Case Study: Yaaba (Idrissa Ouédraogo, 1989) Chapter 5: The African Animated Film Case Study: Prince Loseno (Jean-Michel Kibushi Ndajte Wooto, 2004) Chapter 6: Introductory Study of African Film Scores Case Study: Non-diegetic Music: Space and Time Dimensions of Film Music in La Noire de… (Black Girl) (Ousmane Sembène, 1966) PART III: AFRICAN FILM CRITICISM Chapter 7: Critical Reading Lenses in the Study of African Cinemas Case Study: Atlantics (Mati Diop, 2019): Migration in a Polygeneric Film PART IV: TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES IN AFRICAN SCREEN MEDIA Chapter 8: Ethiopian Cinema. By Steven W. Thomas Case Studies: Haile Gerima’s Teza (2008) and La Borena (Belay Getaneh, 2013) Chapter 9: Nollywood: A Popular and Commercial Cinema Case Study: The Wedding Party (Kemi Adetiba, 2017) Chapter 10: The Rise of Local African TV Serials: The Case of Burkina Faso and South Africa Course Proposal: African Televisual Seriality PART V: NOTES ON STREAMING Chapter 11: The Streaming Rush for Africa Conclusion: Film and New Media Education
Biography
Boukary Sawadogo is an Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at the City University of New York’s City College and CUNY Graduate Center. As a specialist in African cinemas, he has published extensively through film reviews, articles, book chapters, and three books. Since 2020, he is the founding director of Harlem African Animation Festival.
