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IAS Film Screening: Ota Benga
Last week, the Institute of African Studies continued their semester’s IAS Film Series with Ota Benga – a film reflecting on the life of Ota Benga.
Ota Benga, a pygmy from the Congo—then […]
Pan-African Cinema: Critiques of Western Humanitarianism
By Thomas Barker, University of California – Irvine Intern
As African cinema gains increasing success internationally with films such as Sembene, there is a potential for films to […]
UCLA Film Screening: TCHINDAS (2015)
SCREENING: TCHINDAS (2015) 94 MIN
7:00 — 9:00PM
June 7
Named after a celebrated transgender activist, Tchindas explores Cape Verde’s colorful Carnival and its empowered transgender community. Directed by Pablo García Pérez de […]
UCLA Film Screening: Guangzhou Dream Factory
Film Screening: Guangzhou Dream Factory
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
UCLA Haines Hall A18
Guangzhou, a.k.a. Canton, is southern China’s centuries-old trading port. Today the booming metropolis of 14 million […]
New Videos from the University of Ghana’s Institute of African Studies / Nouveau vidéos de l’Institut des études africaines de l’Université de Ghana
As part of its numerous activities, The Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana hosts weekly seminars and occasional talks and presentation from faculty as well as visiting […]
Race and Violence: The Past and the Present
by Abena Kyere and Edwin Adjei
We review here two films – If Only I Were That Warrior and Ferguson – shown at the University of Ghana that address themes that […]