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This
short encyclopedic book is destined to students who are interested in African Francophone
Film and Cinema. The major contemporary African Francophone filmmakers and their films are
treated here. The book discusses a certain number of themes as they are featured in
African Francophone Cinema: History; Oral Traditions and Literatures; Myth, Religion, and
Cosmogony; Gender, Homosexuality, and New Aesthetics; Image and Film Production; and,
finally, the themes of Modernity and Post-colonialism. The interface between
cinematographic language and image is also studied. This study reflects the vibrancy of
the emergent field of African cinema. Furthermore, the reading and interpretation of the
aforementioned themes is a testimony toward the commitment of African filmmakers who
re-visit and update a certain number of topics as well as explore new avenues, thus
pushing further and further outward the boundaries of filmmaking in Africa.
Thus, many of the
films analyzed in this book allow the reader to reflect on some contemporary issues that
affect Africans and, at the same time, these films provide for entertainment, fun, and
light humor. Thanks to the availability of these films, the African is at once educated
and entertained. Beyond Africa, the themes embedded in African Francophone films help
toward a better appreciation and understanding of African Cinema.
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