NollywoodWeek

Festival

Paris, France

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Description

Nollywood Week Paris is an annual event, whose objective is to bring  the best of the New Nollywood Cinema to French audiences each year.

Noni, Dave. “The Politics of Silence: Music, Violence and Protest in Guinea”. Ethnomusicology, 58 (2014).1-29.

In this article, I consider the factors that lead musicians in Guinea to largely refrain from political critique and rarely express dissent. Representations in the popular and academic literature often emphasize music as a site for resistance, while young Guinean musicians speak of themselves as "warriors for peace." Their reactions to political violence in 2009, however, were muted and cautious. I argue that this stance stems from long-standing norms of silence and guardedness in Guinea, while musicians in the Guinean diaspora protest from a physical and cultural distance.

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Nouvelles Éditions Africaines

Publishing

Senegal

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Ntombephi Ntobela

Artist (Painting)

Location: South Africa

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Nubuke

Art foundation

Accra, Ghana

https://www.nubukefoundation.org

Description:

Nubuke Foundation is a visual art and cultural institution. Founded in  2006, it serves as a nexus for arts and culture across the country while  supporting the artistic practice of Ghanaians.

Jane Nkiruka Nwafor

Lecturer, Art history, Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Email: nj.nwafor@unizik.edu.ng

Phone: +2348036865315

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Francis Nyamjoh

Professor, Social Anthropology

University of Cape Town

South Africa and  Cameroon

Contact

francis.nyamnjoh@uct.ac.za

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Nyamnjoh, Francis B., and Jude Fokwang. “Entertaining Repression: Music and Politics in Postcolonial Cameroon.” African Affairs, 104, no. 415 (2005): 251–74. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3518444.

This article examines the relationship between musicians and political power in Cameroon in order to make a case for understanding the dynamics of agency and identity politics among musicians. It argues that politicians in Cameroon have tended to appropriate musicians and their creative efforts as part of their drive for power. Some musicians have refused to be at the beck and call of politicians and have tended to criticize and ridicule those in power. Others have seen in such invitations an opportunity for greater recognition and respectability. Some have sought to straddle both worlds, serving politicians while also pursuing their art in the interest of other constituencies. Their different responses notwithstanding, there is evidence that the fortunes and statuses of musicians have been transformed with changing political regimes and notions of politics.

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