Music, Magic, and the Mythic: The Dynamics of Visual and Aural Discourse in Souleymane Cissé’s Yeelen
The 1980s saw a wave of African films that aimed to represent, on both local and international screens, a sophisticated pre-colonial Africa, representing ancient myths and traditions while simultaneously debunking notions of the continent as primitive. Toward this aim the films inscribed the convent...
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University of Pittsburgh
2012-11-01
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| Series: | CINEJ Cinema Journal |
| Online Access: | http://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/49 |