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Of the more than ninety nations that gained independence after World War II, most of the African nations among them date their independence from 1960. The heart of the difficulty lies with the basis of anthropological study itself - that is, the preservation of a single view of Africa as the Africa of the past. It is a more accurate ethnography because these films delineate Africa's transit among the Fanonian stages towards decolonization. 8 Originally published as Clyde Taylor, "Africa, The Last Cinema", in Journey Across Three Continents (New York: Third World Newsreel, 1985), 50-58. 9 Africa on Film and Videotape, 1960-1981: A Compendium of Reviews, (African Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1982). [Extracted from the article] |
