Adélékè Adéèkó

Academic, Ohio State University

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Adejunmobi, Moradewun. “Evolving Nollywood Templates for Minor Transnational Film”. Black Camera 5, n^o 2 (2014): 74‑94.

This work examines the implications of partial embeddedness in dominant global networks for minor transnational media industries like Nollywood. It focuses on two aspects of the relationship between Nollywood and global media: the probable outcomes of continuing attempts to generate higher profits for Nollywood’s relationship with dominant global media; and second, the potential impact of growing connection with global networks on the relative autonomy of this minor transnational media practice. I argue that initiatives undertaken by individual entrepreneurs to ensure reliable delivery of film narratives to diasporic audiences using distribution channels tied to dominant global networks currently represent the most immediate opportunity for extracting greater profits from this industry. Partial incorporation of Nollywood distribution into the official global economy by way of increased connection with dominant global networks and infrastructure also enable interested parties to compensate for the regulatory deficiencies of the nation-state and thus generate much higher revenues from a relatively undercapitalized industry. Despite this growing interface with dominant global media networks, however, minor film industries like Nollywood will probably continue to exhibit a high degree of creative and financial autonomy with respect to dominant global media.

[Source: Article abstract].

Akin Adesokan

Academic/Writer

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Indiana University

https://www.indiana.edu/

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Kemi Adetiba

Filmmaker (Cinema)

Nigeria

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Novelist/Writer

Literature

USA

International

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Hakim Adi

Author/Activist/Historian (History of Africa and the African Diaspora)

Website: hakimadi.org

Adinolfi, Maisa C., Tembi Maloney Tichaawa, et Gugulethu Banda. “The Importance of the Fashion Industry in the South African Tourism Context”. Euro Economica 37, n^o 2 (2018): 245‑58.

The nexus of fashion and tourism is analyzed in this investigation. This study unpacks the creative event industry in the South African context, making a case for it as an emerging, and potentially powerful contributor for tourism development. Using semi-structured surveys conducted with key role players (models, agents and other related professionals) across fashion events in South Africa, the research uncovers the importance that the fashion industry has on South Africa’s tourism economy. Findings show that the creative fashion industry attracts both domestic and international crew participants, who have a high earning power and spend money on shopping and visiting local attractions. Additionally, they tend to stay longer than the traditional tourists, and visit other local destinations after the event. The study concludes that the fashion industry represents a hidden aspect of the South African event industry that must be taken seriously by destination managers in the planning and development of tourism as it has significant implications for marketing, strategy and policy.

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Ama Oforiwaa Aduonom

Professor of Music, and the Director of African Drumming, Illinois State University

School of Music

Email: okaduon@ilstu.edu/aburowdue@gmail.com

‍Website: amaoaduonum.com