Manthia Diawara is quite simply the best critic (in any language) currently writing on African cinema.
He discusses such issues as film production and distribution, and film aesthetics from the colonial period to the present.. 1-3, 1996 Drawing on political science, economics, history, and cultural studies, Diawara provides an insider\'s account of the development and current status of African cinema. --The Year\'s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, Vol. --Black Film Review In a relatively new field of historical \'film theory\', African Cinema: Politics and Culture will become indispensable. it aptly illustrates the intricate correlations between politics, economics and culture. . . --Classic Images Diawara\'s work is comprehensive, based on rigorous research and sound analyses . an important and welcome reference source. . . --Studies in Popular Culture This is a good, solid and reliable history of filmmaking on the African continent, beginning with colonial production and moving on to independent filmmaking . --Robert Stam Diawara has produced a useful history, a cogent analysis, and, in his arguments on how African cinema should develop, an undoubtedly controversial book.
Manthia Diawara is quite simply the best critic (in any language) currently writing on African cinema
