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

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:LuKA, Studien zu Literaturen und Kunst Afrikas ; Bd. 7.
Main Author: Ugochukwu, Françoise, 1949- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Trier : WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, [2013]
Series:LuKA, Studien zu Literaturen und Kunst Afrikas ; Bd. 7.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > 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.
Format: Book
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."