The Mirror of Memory: African Film and the Question of Criticism Niels Buch-Jepsen April 2004 Book Reviews Internationally, African film has long been considered an “exotic dish that can only be ordered as a side order and not the main course” (Haile Gerima) (1). This tendency was particularly manifest in the 1990s,...
Fespaco and the Transformations of Pan-African Film Promotion Niels Buch-Jepsen May 2003 Festival Reports Although the journey through Burkina Faso's savannah is indeed scenic, one would perhaps not expect soon to hit upon the film centre of Africa. But when you arrive in the capital and its grand Parisian-styl...
