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Transactions, Rumbi Katedza (dir.) (2022), Zimbabwe and South Africa: Mai Jai Films
Available online: 17 April 2025More LessReview of: Transactions, Rumbi Katedza (dir.) (2022), Zimbabwe and South Africa: Mai Jai Films
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Queering Nollywood: Perspectives on same-sex relations in Nigerian filmmaking
Available online: 11 April 2025More LessNigeria is one of the nations in which same-sex relations are still criminalized. Reflecting this sociopolitical and cultural context, Nollywood, Nigeria’s film industry, has traditionally portrayed homosexual characters in largely villainous roles. However, the industry seems to have undergone shifts from staunch heteronormative narratives with unease towards homosexuality to tolerance and even open-ended film stories. This article explores the various characterizations of LGBTQ+ persons in Nollywood to underscore the advances in the industry’s narration of LGBTQ+ individuals in Nigeria. The article engages in a qualitative study of select Nollywood films focusing on the changing thematic, characterization and narrative views of homosexuality. This article provides insights into how Nollywood cinemas may offer a glimpse into the evolving understanding of queerness in Nigerian society.
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Leading the crime cinema: Feminist perspectives in King of Boys and 40 Sticks
Available online: 07 February 2025More LessFemale characters in African crime films play diverse roles, influencing the progression of the stories and diegetic situations. This is particularly significant in African crime films, where male characters have dominated leading roles. Through the analysis of Kemi Adetiba’s King of Boys (2018) and Victor Gatonye’s 40 Sticks (2020), this article discusses the leading female characters’ embodiment of agency of gendered power in the context of crime genre lawlessness as a useful metaphor for representing women leadership and motherhood. The inferences drawn from observation of the films, interspersed with secondary data sourced from books, journals, online articles and behind-the-scenes documentaries, inform the discussions on female characters’ depiction in the sampled films as material to a critique of gendered antagonisms as microcosms of women within African societies.
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Gender in New Nollywood cinema: The case of Citation (2020) and Blood Sisters (2022)
Available online: 31 January 2025More LessThe conceptualization of gender from Old to New Nollywood seems to shift between rigid masculinities alongside subjugated females and assertive females confronting masculine aggressions, respectively. This article articulates New Nollywood’s approach to representing gender-related issues like violence and sexual exploitation and challenging women’s silence in corporate and domestic spaces. The paper argues that the narration of gender archetypes in Kunle Afolayan’s Citation and Biyi Bandele and Kenneth Gyang’s Blood Sisters – both New Nollywood films – challenge the African patriarchal context in the corporate and domestic spaces where the films are set.
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