Nigeriarsquo;s Nollywood has rapidly grown into one of the worldrsquo;s largest film industries; radically altering media environments across Africa and in the diaspora; it has also become one of African culturersquo;s most powerful and consequential expressions; powerfully shaping how Africans see themselves and are seen by others. With this book; Jonathan Haynes provides an accessible and authoritative introduction to this vast industry and its film culture.Haynes describes the major Nigerian film genres and how they relate to Nigerian societymdash;its values; desires; anxieties; and social tensionsmdash;as the country and its movies have developed together over the turbulent past two decades. As he shows; Nollywood is a form of popular culture; it produces a flood of stories; repeating the ones that mean the most to its broad audience. He interprets these generic stories and the cast of mythic figures within them: the long-suffering wives; the business tricksters; the Bible-wielding pastors; the kings in their traditional regalia; the glamorous young professionals; the emigrants stranded in New York or London; and all the rest. Based on more than twenty years of research; Haynesrsquo;s survey of Nollywoodrsquo;s history and genres is unprecedented in scope; while his book also vividly describes landmark films; leading directors; and the complex character of this major branch of world cinema.
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