Nollywood on the move : Nigeria on display / Françoise Ugochukwu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ugochukwu, Françoise, 1949- author.

Series:

LuKA, Studien zu Literaturen und Kunst Afrikas ; Bd. 7.

LuKA, Studien zu Literaturen und Kunst Afrikas ; Bd. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Nigeria.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures, Nigerian.

Public opinion.

Video recordings industry.

History.

Motion picture industry.

Video recordings.

Nigeria.

Video recordings--Nigeria.

Motion picture industry--Nigeria--History.

Video recordings industry--Nigeria--History.

Nigeria--In motion pictures.

Motion pictures, Nigerian--Public opinion.

Physical Description:

260 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Trier : WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, [2013]

Contents:

pt. I, Exposing home truths. Scholars on Nollywood : a fast growing interest

Achebe's legacy, from book to screen

Meeting with the ghosts

Nigerian films and their ancestral ties

Reflecting on history : daring to screen the hurt

Threatened childhood

a disturbing reality

Witchcraft, pastors and native doctors

Women in need

the widows' plight

Taboos

how far have we gone? pt. II, Reaching out. A nation on the road

Across languages

issues in dubbing, subtitling and translation

The reception of Nollywood in France

The Eldorado mirage

NGOs and the Nigerian screen : the film as a tool

The West on Nollywood : cinematic responses

Language and identity : impacting diasporic communities

Sharing across cultures : an impossible dream?

Taking stock and looking ahead

"tomorrow is pregnant."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-223), filmography, and index.

"Films quoted": pages [225]-255.

"Film chronology": pages [256]-258.

ISBN:

9783868214987

3868214984

OCLC:

868558451