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Le discours cinématographique dans Afrique Je te plumerai de Téno et Guelwaar de Sembene : histoire, symbolisme, négritude et panafricanisme
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Menneguin, Meghan Gail |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | The reductive representations stemming from Western cinematic depiction of the African cultures have exacerbated the issue of Western hegemony over African countries. The first representations of Africa were of the exotic genre and failed to portray the socio-political history and culture of the indigenous people. Much of these depictions were due to years of Western colonialism, the dominant idea found in Jean-Marie Téno’s film, Afrique je te plumerai. In this film, the Cameroonian filmmaker creates an avenue of viewing history through the lens of the colonized, breaking the chains of hegemony. Téno’s use of revolutionary cinematic techniques forces the audience to understand Western colonization of Cameroon and of other African countries by dismantling our own preconceived ideas of that particular era in history. The ails of colonialism are portrayed in this film and these particular themes are found in the writings of the literary movement, ‘la Négritude’ where we find definitions of colonialism, the effects of colonialism on the indigenous people and the root of the revolutionary spirit it engendered. Where there is colonialism, there is neocolonialism, or the continuing financial and cultural domination of a people. The subject of neocolonialism is portrayed in the |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/52916/Menneguin_MG_T_2015.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
