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On the set of " La captive du Desert" filmed/produced by Raymond Depardon in #Niger, 1982 | © of Raymond Depardon #Cultureartsociety #cinemafrique #vscocam

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Still from "Jaguar" | Niger, 1950s | © of Jean Rouch #vscocam #Cultureartsociety #cinemafrique

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Still from " Moi un Noir" | #Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1958 | © of Jean Rouch #cinemafrique #vscocam #Cultureartsociety

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Still from " Moi un Noir" | #Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1958 | © of Jean Rouch #vscocam #Cultureartsociety #cinemafrique

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" Petit à Petit" Jean Rouch's 1971 production brings back "Jaguar" characters Damouré Dika and Lam Ibrahim Dia. Having established a small yet successful import-export business in Niger, they set to emulate the ways of "capitalistic status". A trip to Paris, to do precisely so brings more trouble than needed. | © of Jean Rouch (1971)

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Cinemafrique stills

I. “Badou boy” Senegal, 1970 | © of Djibril Diop Mambéty

II. “Moi, un noir” Ivory Coast, 1958 | © of Jean Rouch

III. " Jaguar" Ghana, 1967 | © of Jean Rouch

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Decolonizing the Gaze | picture by me "This book traces the development of African cinema - from colonization to Afrocentrism. The author examines this development through a variety of fundamental themes: the decolonization of the imagination; the quest for legendary African origins and the mobilization of African cultural values. The second part of the book analyses specific films, particularly through narrative and in terms of their African specificity - in the use of silence, orality and humour. Finally, the author explores the social and economic contexts of the African cinema and television industry - including its often vexed relations with the West and the problems of production and distribution African film-makers face. " ( Zed Books)

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Stills from Jean Rouch " Moi, un Noir " | Abidjan 1957