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- Title
A Critical Study of History and Nationalist Discourse in Nollywood Narratives: Tunde Kelani's Saworo Ide and Agogo Èèwò.
- Authors
Ashaolu, Olubunmi O.
- Abstract
This article examines the contribution that Nigerian Nollywood cinema makes to the discourse of nationalism and history in post-independent Nigeria and in other African countries. Specifically, it explores how Tunde Kelani's films Saworo Ide and Agogo Èèwò serve as socio-political weapons that condemn authoritarianism in Nigeria and in Africa. Kelani's works move from aesthetic mode to foreground cinema as a strong arm of constructing nationalism, allowing the audience to read ordinary Nigerians as political conscious, despite pervasive repression. With an underpinning of theory of nationalism, this article demonstrates how the two films advocate sovereignty by according voice to combat bad administration. It also argues for an inward look into solving the African socio-political predicament by suggesting an exploration of the wealth of African culture to attain a stable democracy.
- Subjects
NATIONALISM; KELANI, Tunde; FILMMAKERS; SOVEREIGNTY; NOLLYWOOD
- Publication
Journal of Pan African Studies, 2016, Vol 9, Issue 10, p201
- ISSN
0888-6601
- Publication type
Article