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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION I. ANGLOPHONE AFRICAN PRODUCTION II. ZAIRIAN PRODUCTION III. FRANCE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FILM PRODUCTION IN AFRICA IV. THE ARTIST AS THE LEADER OF THE REVOLUTION: THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERATION PANAFRICAINE DES CINEASTES V. THE SITUATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FILM PRODUCTION IN FRANCOPHONE AFRICA VI. FIL PRODUCTION IN LUSOPHONE AFRICA: TOWARD THE KUXA KENEMA IN MOZAMBIQUE VII. FIM DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION IN FRANCOPHONE AFRICA VIII. THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE FILM INDUSTRY IN ANGLOPHONE AFRICA IX. ARICAN CINEMA AND FESTIVALS; FESPACO X. AFRICAN CINEMA TODAY NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

About the Author

MANTHIA DIAWARA is Professor of English and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Black Literature and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania.