Volume 57 - December 2014
HEALTH AND DISEASE
BOOK REVIEWS
Ellen Grünkemeier. Breaking the Silence: South African Representations of HIV/AIDS. Woodbridge, Surrey, U.K.: James Currey. 2013. viii + 243 pp. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Bibliography. Index. $90.00. Cloth.
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- 02 December 2014, pp. 228-230
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Michael Wanguhu, dir. Hip Hop Colony. 2005. 96 mins. English (with some Swahili). Kenya. Emerge Media Films. $14.99.
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- 09 April 2014, pp. 240-242
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RELIGION
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Marion Kilson. Dancing with the Gods: Essays in Ga Ritual. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2013. xi + 148 pp. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. $60.00. Cloth.
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- 02 December 2014, pp. 230-232
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DOCUMENTARIES
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Christa Graf, director. Memory Books. Original title: Damit du mich nicht vergisst. 2008. 90 minutes. In English and Luganda, with English subtitles. Germany/Switzerland. Kick Film and Snake Films. €19.90.
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- 18 August 2014, pp. 231-232
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Rebecca Richman Cohen, dir. War Don Don. 2010. 85 min. In English and Krio, with English subtitles. U.S. Racing Horse Productions and Naked Edge Films. $29.95.
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- 09 April 2014, pp. 242-244
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LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS
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Katrina Daly Thompson. Zimbabwe’s Cinematic Arts: Language, Power, Identity. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013. xii + 237 pp. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Notes. Bibliography. Filmography. Index. $80.00, £58.00. Cloth. $27.00, £19.99. Paper. $22.99, £16.99. EBook.
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- 02 December 2014, pp. 232-234
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DOCUMENTARIES
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Jarreth Merz, director. An African Election. 2011. 89 minutes. In English, with English subtitles. U.S. Kick Film and Snake Films. £6.99.
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- 18 August 2014, pp. 232-234
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Nabil Ayouch, director. Horses of God. Original Title: Les Chevaux de Dieu / Ya Khayl Allah. 2012. 115 minutes. Arabic (with English subtitles). Morocco, France. Stone Angels. No price reported.
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- 18 August 2014, pp. 234-235
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Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall, dirs. Call Me Kuchu. 2012. 87 minutes. English. U.S. and Uganda. Cinedigm and Docuramafilms. $21.87. - Roger Ross Williams, dir. God Loves Uganda. 2013. 90 minutes. English and Luganda (with English subtitles). U.S. and Uganda. Full Credit Productions and Motto Pictures Production. Price not reported.
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- 09 April 2014, pp. 244-246
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LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS
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Matthias Krings and Onookome Okome, eds. Global Nollywood: The Transnational Dimensions of an African Video Film Industry. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013. viii + 371 pp. Figures and Illustrations. Preface and Acknowledgments. List of Contributors. General Index. Film Title Index. $80.00. Cloth. $30.00. Paper. $24.99. EBook.
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- 02 December 2014, pp. 234-238
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Ike Bertels, dir. Guerilla Grannies: How to Live in This World. 2012. English, Portuguese, Yao, Nyanja (with English subtitles). 90 minutes. Burgdorf, Switzerland. DNU Films. $398.00. 2012.
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- 09 April 2014, pp. 246-248
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FEATURE FILMS
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Moussa Touré, director. The Pirogue. 2012. Original Title: La Pirogue. 87 minutes. French with English subtitles. Senegal. Rezo Films, Les Chauves-Souris, Astou Films, Arte France Cinema, Appaloosa Films, Royal Pony Film, Studio 37. $34.00.
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- 18 August 2014, pp. 235-237
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LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS
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Eric Charry, ed. Hip Hop Africa: New African Music in a Globalizing World. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2012. x + 390 pp. Graphs. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Discography. Videography. Webography. Index. $35.00. Paper.
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- 02 December 2014, pp. 238-240
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Frank Gunderson. Sukuma Labor Songs from Western Tanzania: “We Never Sleep, We Dream of Farming.” African Sources for African History. Leiden: Brill, 2010. xxxii + 536 pp. List of Illustrations. List of Figures and Maps. Glossary. Sukuma Aphorisms. Bibliography. Indexes. $129.00. Paper.
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- 02 December 2014, pp. 241-242
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FEATURE FILMS
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Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director. Dry Season. Original title: Daratt. 2006. 96 minutes. French and Chadian Arabic, with English subtitles. Chad and France. ArtMattan Production. $26.95. DVD. $9.95. DSR.
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- 18 August 2014, pp. 237-239
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Jo Menell and Angus Gibson, dirs. Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation. 1997. 155 minutes. English. South Africa and U.S. Palm Pictures. $19.97.
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- 09 April 2014, pp. 248-250
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Joanne Burke, dir. When African Americans Came to Paris. 2012. Six films, 4–8 minutes each. English. New York. Blue Lion Films. $100.00.
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- 09 April 2014, pp. 250-252
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LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS
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Moyo Okediji. Western Frontiers of African Art. Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, 2011. xi + 336 pp. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $85.00. Cloth.
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FEATURE FILMS
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Dao Abdoulaye, director. An Uncommon Woman. 2009. 101 minutes. French with English Subtitles. Burkina Faso. Art Mattan. $245.00.
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- 18 August 2014, pp. 239-241
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Kenneth Gyang, director. Confusion Na Wa. 2013. 105 minutes. English, Pidgin, and Hausa. Nigeria. Cinema Kpatakpata. Streaming on Dobox.tv.
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