Addresses the development since the 1950s of a new type of Francophone African novel created by first-generation African authors living in France. This book exa

Covering the rich film production of Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, the Caribbean, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa, this book brings together films that mig

An “excellent [and] incisive” look at identity, immigration, and culture in postcolonial France (Journal of West African History). This stimulating and insi

Until recently, the story of African film was marked by a series of truncated histories: many outstanding films from earlier decades were virtually inaccessible

What is center and periphery? How can centers and peripheries be recognized by their ontological and axiological features? How does the axiological saturation o