Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers

"This impressive volume indexes the historical, political, and cultural roles played by African women documentarians from North and West Africa. The editors and featured authors brilliantly tackle a wide array of topics, from marginalization and violence to female subjectivity and human rights, and in the process, they recalibrate the parameters of the documentary genre itself. This is a crucial and welcome intervention in the wider field of postcolonial cinema—strongly recommended!"—Vlad Dima, Syracuse University

"Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is an important contribution to the burgeoning sub-discipline of African Women in Cinema Studies as well as the ever-growing discourse in women's film studies and scholarship on African cinema that include African women filmmakers' experiences. The contributors draw from an eclectic selection of films, which allows both the novice readership and those seasoned in the discipline to (re)discover the wide-ranging cinematic practice of African women documentarians."—Beti Ellerson, Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema

"This groundbreaking anthology is an important contribution to the fields of African Studies, Francophone Studies, and Film and Media Studies. The essays within are each deeply researched and collectively wide-ranging, moving from ethnographic experiments of the 1970s to contemporary activist productions, from North to West to Central Africa. As interest in nonfictional narrative continues to build both within and outside of the academy, Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers charts a body of work that is vital to world cinema."—Rachel Gabara, University of Georgia

"Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is an important contribution to the burgeoning sub-discipline of African Women in Cinema Studies as well as the ever-growing discourse in women's film studies and scholarship on African cinema that include African women filmmakers' experiences. The contributors draw from an eclectic selection of films, which allows both the novice readership and those seasoned in the discipline to (re)discover the wide-ranging cinematic practice of African women documentarians."—Beti Ellerson, Founder and Director, Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema