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Film: 1900 to Present: Africa

By: Gairoonisa Paleker
In: Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt & Carolyn M. Elliott
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Area Studies (general), Social & Cultural Anthropology
Keywords:Africa; cinemas; festivals; film; film festivals; film production; South Africa

Cinema was introduced in Africa by the 1890s, with film shows in Cairo and Alexandria in 1896. It soon spread to other parts of north and west Africa with shows in Tunis and Fez in 1897, and Dakar and Lagos in 1900 ...

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  Paleker, G. (2012). Film: 1900 to present: africa. In A. L. StantonE. Ramsamy, & P. J. Seybolt (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. II281-II281). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n358
  
  Paleker, Gairoonisa. "Film: 1900 to Present: Africa." In Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, edited by Stanton, Andrea L., Edward Ramsamy, and Peter J. Seybolt, II281. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n358.
  
  Paleker, G. 2012. Film: 1900 to Present: Africa. In: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt Editors, 2012. Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. II281 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n358> [Accessed 30 Jul 2021].
  
  Paleker, Gairoonisa. "Film: 1900 to Present: Africa." Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Andrea L. StantonEdward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. II281. SAGE Knowledge. 30 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n358.
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