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Portal:African cinema/Selected_quotes/5 "We all know what Nollywood is supposed to represent — it’s the VHS films that were made back in the day. So, to still be called Nollywood, for me, is a no. We need to use terms like African filmmakers or Nigerian filmmakers"
This is a list of prominent and notable writers from Africa. It includes poets , novelists , children's writers , essayists , and scholars , listed by country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
"Unlike in the West, cinema is very young [on the continent]. In Africa, we tend to think that there are more pressing matters to deal with than cinema. To the contrary, I think that culture, and in particular cinema, can help to fully resolve societal problems. Cinema is a mirror to the world, a universal language.
The following is a list of African films. It is arranged alphabetically by country of origin. Algeria. Angola Benin. Botswana. Year Title Director Genre Notes ...
Lenny Abrahamson [1]; Moussa Sene Absa [2]; Tengiz Abuladze [3]; Kunle Afolayan [4]; Chantal Akerman [5]; Fatih Akin [6]; Robert Aldrich [7]; Woody Allen [8]; Pedro ...
Wanuri Kahiu is a Kenyan film director, best known for her film From a Whisper, which was awarded Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Picture at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009. Nearly 10 years after the release of From a Whisper , Kahiu's film Rafiki , a coming-of-age romantic drama about two teenage girls in the present-day Kenya.
Bessie Head (1937–1986), born in South Africa, mainly in Botswana; Cat Hellisen (born 1977) Manu Herbstein (born 1936) Christopher Hope (born 1944) Emma Huismans (born 1947) Robin Hyde (1906–1939), born in South Africa, living in New Zealand writer; Mhlobo Jadezweni (born 1954) Karen Jennings (author) (born 1982) Ingrid Jonker (1933–1965)
This is a list of notable Algerian writers This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .