Read “Obiya, A break with the past” and answer the questions.
a) What difficulties did/do African filmmakers confront? b) What makes the Nigerian film industry different than that of other Western African countries? Why does Obiaya feel that it can be a model for film development in other African countries?
c) How does Obiaya use his sources? What is the role of the images in this article?
Read “Sanogo” and answer the questions.
a) What is the “archival” supposed to document with regard to African film? b) What/who enables this “archiving”? c) What stands in its way?
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