Teaching Aberrance: Cinema as a Site for African Feminism

Authors

Corinna McLeod

Abstract

This article examines the influence of colonialist instructional cinema on modern African cinema production. The four films – Neria, Everyone’s Child, Wend Kuuni, and Taafe Fanga – differ in national origin, thematic approaches, and cinematic technique, but they share in displaying an element of instructional cinema. The instructional nature of the films asserts the value of women in post-colonial African societies, who, in the space of the films as in real life, are the double-colonized subject.

Author Biography

Corinna McLeod, Associate Professor of English, Grand Valley State University

Recommended Citation

McLeod, Corinna (2011) "Teaching Aberrance: Cinema as a Site for African Feminism," Journal of International Women's Studies: Vol. 12: Iss. 4, Article 5.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol12/iss4/5