African Cinema 3.0 UNITS

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This course explores the evolution of contemporary African cinema from Ousmane Sembene, the “father of African cinema,” to Nollywood. It examines its transformative role in creating social change and disrupting oppressive Western colonial representation of Africa, its diverse cultures and peoples. Scholarly readings from Visual and Cultural Studies will provide further analysis and understanding of this dynamic cultural expression and how it intersects with issues of gender, race, class, and other systems of power. This course is not open to students with prior credit in AFRS 112. (Formerly AFRS 123)