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- Title
The Irony of 'African Solidarity' in Ousmane Sembene's Mandabi.
- Authors
Zadi, Samuel
- Abstract
This paper deals with the misuse of the African traditional communal mode of living in modernizing post-colonial African societies that have been transformed by Western capitalism and individualism. In the impoverished community portrayed in Ousmane Sembene's film Mandabi, this traditional communal mode of living, to which people refer in colloquial term as "African solidarity", is ironically used as a means to meet one's individualistic and selfish needs at the expense of others; thus, turning it into a factor of social and economic regression. Mandabi also unveils and suggests a new form of hybrid and productive solidarity that fits better African post-colonial nations that have been affected by Western capitalism and individualism.
- Subjects
AFRICA; MANDABI (Film); SOLIDARITY; POSTCOLONIALISM in motion pictures; CAPITALISM; SOCIALISM &; individualism
- Publication
Humanities (2076-0787), 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
2076-0787
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/h7010007