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New Book Launched at the 2012 African Studies Association Annual Meeting!
ByCambria Press December 7, 2012January 11, 2013

Cambria Press author Professor Amadou Fofana’s book, The Films of Ousmane Sembène: Discourse, Politics, and Culture, was published JUST IN TIME for the 2012 African Studies Association annual meeting! ASA attendees kept asking for the book and were pleased to be able to browse it. Nobody, of course, was more…

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Cambria Press Contemporary Global Performing Arts Series New Book! The Films of Ousmane Sembène – Published Just in Time for the 2012 African Studies Annual Meeting!
ByCambria Press November 24, 2012January 11, 2013

Ousmane Sembène was a Senegalese film director, producer, and writer whom the Los Angeles Times considered one of the greatest authors of Africa. Often called the “father of African film,” Sembène strongly believed that African films should be geared primarily toward educating the masses and making the philosophical quandaries and…

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The Films of Ousmane Sembène: Discourse, Culture, and Politics by Amadou Fofana – Discussion Questions
ByCambria Press November 24, 2012January 11, 2013

The following are discussion questions that the author, Professor Amadou Fofana, helpfully compiled for those who would like to use his book, The Films of Ousmane Sembène: Discourse, Politics, and Culture, for course adoption. (There are no discussion questions for chapter 1, which is an introductory chapter.) Chapter 2: Contextualizing…

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