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oapen-20.500.12657-640882023-07-25T02:51:50Z Reframing Africa? Kros, Cynthi Auguiste, Reece Khan, Pervaiz media film Africa moving image bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFD Media studies bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KNT Media, information & communication industries bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AP Film, TV & radio This book takes readers on a series of stimulating intellectual journeys from the late nineteenth century to the contemporary era to explore notions of modernity in the production and reception of the African moving image and of African archival practices. Ideas are presented from multiple historical and contemporary perspectives, while inviting new voices to participate in discussions about the future of the African moving image. Reframing Africa?makes a plea for the recognition, preservation and repatriation of the African moving image archive, advancing ideas about how it speaks to contemporary Africans, possessed of the power to elucidate their lived experiences and to reorientate perceptions of the past, present and future. On the basis of this wide-ranging appreciation of the archive, the book charts a way forward for African-inflected film studies as well as other programmes in the humanities and social sciences. Reframing Africa? will appeal to scholars, academics and practitioners across the continent and beyond. 2023-07-24T15:32:43Z 2023-07-24T15:32:43Z 2022 book ONIX_20230724_9781928502678_27 9781928502678 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/64088 eng application/pdf n/a 9781928502678.pdf https://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/reframing-africa African Minds 10.47622/9781928502678 10.47622/9781928502678 69707d01-8e78-4a41-abff-fccf8fb5f4a5 9781928502678 ScholarLed 246 Cape Town open access
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This book takes readers on a series of stimulating intellectual journeys from the late nineteenth century to the contemporary era to explore notions of modernity in the production and reception of the African moving image and of African archival practices. Ideas are presented from multiple historical and contemporary perspectives, while inviting new voices to participate in discussions about the future of the African moving image. Reframing Africa?makes a plea for the recognition, preservation and repatriation of the African moving image archive, advancing ideas about how it speaks to contemporary Africans, possessed of the power to elucidate their lived experiences and to reorientate perceptions of the past, present and future. On the basis of this wide-ranging appreciation of the archive, the book charts a way forward for African-inflected film studies as well as other programmes in the humanities and social sciences. Reframing Africa? will appeal to scholars, academics and practitioners across the continent and beyond.
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