Instructional Cinema and African Audiences in Colonial Kenya 19261963 by Samson Kaunga Ndanyi

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Instructional Cinema and African Audiences in Colonial Kenya 19261963 by Samson Kaunga Ndanyi
Instructional Cinema and African Audiences in Colonial Kenya 19261963 by Samson Kaunga Ndanyi
Product Specifications
  • Title: Instructional Cinema and African Audiences in Colonial Kenya 19261963 by Samson Kaunga Ndanyi
  • Author: Samson Kaunga Ndanyi
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Art forms
  • No. of pages: 176
  • Dimensions (approx. mm): 159 x 237 x 16

Product Description

This book argues that African film audiences in colonial Kenya were not passive recipients of British cultural programs created to “teach” and “civilize” them. Rather they rejected mediocre films and actively participated in the cinema discourse that brought about changes in cinema production.