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- Title
Ouaga Saga, Magical Realism, and Postcolonial Politics.
- Authors
YERVASI, CARINA
- Abstract
Ouaga Saga (2004), a popular rags-to-riches comedy, uses representations of the city, youth culture, and cinema to set the stage for a modern magical saga by Burkinabè director Dani Kouyaté. This article examines how magical realism can be harnessed as a tool for postcolonial cinema. It argues more specifically how magical realism assuages violence in the urban center Kouyaté depicts and renders visible the postcolonial politics in the everyday lives of a group of resourceful boys, their family, and neighborhood.
- Subjects
OUAGA Saga (Film); AFRICAN films; MAGIC realism (Literature); POSTCOLONIALISM &; the arts; MOTION picture evaluation; FILM criticism
- Publication
Research in African Literatures, 2008, Vol 39, Issue 4, p40
- ISSN
0034-5210
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/RAL.2008.39.4.40