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802ac8d50d060cf36f7d64152450ff0f |
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2017 |
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The prominent place of witchcraft in Nollywood films produced in the 1990s is widely
acknowledged, and has prompted a number of comments from critics. While filmmakers’
opinion is divided on the subject, these films obviously echo familiar situations.
The dissemination of Nigerian films outside Africa and their entering new geographical
and cultural areas, and the didactic nature of Nollywood, have led to a clash between
Nigerian and the British cultures in the bid to fight the widespread practice of witchcraft
and its attendant casualties, which now affect both worlds. This paper reflects on
the difficulty of intercultural communication on the subject as illustrated by the
recent controversy sparked by a British NGO’s discovery of Nollywood in 2008. The
film born of this culture-shock presents a novel way of dealing with screen-mediated
witchcraft and its impact. |
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peerReviewed |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642811 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642812 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642813 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642814 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642815 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642816 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/659912 |
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Ugochukwu, Françoise (2017). Changing Nigerian cultures: two films against witchcraft
and an impossible dialogue. In: Tsaaior, James and Ugochukwu, Françoise eds.
Nigerian Film Culture and the Idea of the Nation: Nollywood and National Narration.
London: Adonis & Abbey, pp. 73–92. |
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label |
Ugochukwu, Françoise (2017). Changing Nigerian cultures: two films against witchcraft
and an impossible dialogue. In: Tsaaior, James and Ugochukwu, Françoise eds.
Nigerian Film Culture and the Idea of the Nation: Nollywood and National Narration.
London: Adonis & Abbey, pp. 73–92. |
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ext-89f09fd9962b26b145508ae9ff874829 |
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Title |
Changing Nigerian cultures: two films against witchcraft and an impossible dialogue |
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oro |