Perspectives on Indigenous Language Films in the Global South
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This book is a groundbreaking exploration into the uncharted world of indigenous language cinema and its impact on the global film industry. It probes into the narratives of indigenous language films from various regions of the Global South – an underrepresented region in knowledge construction and dissemination, which have not yet found their way into mainstream intellectual discourse. Through a multi/interdisciplinary approach, the contributors to this volume examine how indigenous language films challenge dominant narratives, preserve cultural heritage, and provide a platform for marginalized voices to be heard. Beyond maintaining the tradition of book culture in film studies, the book is planted in the decolonial project of world cinema.
It queries reasons some countries in the Global South do not have policies for indigenous language films or produce films using ‘local’ languages.
Osakue Stevenson Omoera, Ph.D., is an expert in applied media, film and theatre studies. He teaches and conducts research in media sociology, Nollywood studies, development communication, and African theatre and cultural dynamics at the Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria, where he chairs the Department of Theatre and Film Studies. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Authors’ Bio Profiles i
Foreword v
An Introduction to Perspectives on Indigenous Language Films in the Global South
Osakue Stevenson Omoera 1
Decolonizing Visual Literature in the Global South: Ghana’s Kumawood Films and the Third World Realities
Christabel Aba Sam and Emmanuel Mensah Bonsu 13
Mythopoesis of the Indigenous in Nollywood Epic Films
Olagoke Olorunleke Ifatimehin 39
Understanding South Indian Indigeneity: Towards an Indigenous Popular Cinema
Sony Jalarajan Raj and Adith K. Suresh 55
Arresting the Endangerment of a Transnational Language: A Case of the Yoruba Language Films
Omolola Tosan Akinwole 73
The Territory: Indigenous Filmmaking as a Tool For Survival in the Amazon Forest
Aline Frey 95
Okuoma! The Woman in Fetters
Cathérine Enorédia Odorige 111
Onye Ozi: An Igbo Film Across the Language Barrier
Francoise Ugochukwu 125
Elelwani: The Birth of ‘Fourth Cinema’ in South Africa?
Kealeboga Aiseng 139
The Representation of Hausa Traditional Values
in the Kannywood Film Sangaya
Asabe Kabir Usman 157
A Revitalisation of Kasena Folkloric Traditional Narrative in Kasem Language Films
Joseph Aketema 173
In the Footsteps of the Early Christian Missionaries: Challenges and Prospects of the Production of Indigenous Language Films in Cameroon
Floribert Patrick C. Endong 187
The Construction of Women in Kunle Afolayan’s Anikulapo
Osakpolor Emwinromwankhoe 211
Homefrontism and the Horizon of Expectations in Osakue Omoera’s Audience Reception of Benin Cinema in Nigeria…: A Review
Victor Osae Ihidero 231