Detail Lights, Camera, Africa - Movies are uniting a disparate continent, and dividing it too.   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 397 no. 8713 (Dec. 2010), page 81-83. Topik: Picking up the colonists’ tools; The triumph of English; Plenty of juju and Jesus; The power of images. Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.64 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel AN AFRICAN academic with a coiffed mane is sipping coffee in a Ghanaian airport when he spots a pulpy Nigerian film on an overhead screen. “A travesty, a grave crime,” he splutters. “Such imbecile images should never be shown in this country. They are veritably poisoning our culture.” It is hard to avoid Nigerian films in Africa. Public buses show them, as do many restaurants and hotels. Nollywood, as the business is known, churns out about 50 full-length features a week, making it the world’s second most prolific film industry after India’s Bollywood. The Nigerian business capital, Lagos, is said by locals to have produced more films than there are stars in the sky. The streets are flooded with camera crews shooting on location. Only the government employs more people. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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