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Niang, Sada. “The FEPACI and Its Artistic Legacies”.

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Niang, Sada. “The FEPACI and Its Artistic Legacies”.
Published On
February 1, 2023
Original Date
2021
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Niang, Sada. “The FEPACI and Its Artistic Legacies”. Black Camera: The Newsletter of the Black Film Center/Archives 12, no 2 (2021): 176‑202. https://doi.org/10.2979/blackcamera.12.2.11.

‘‘In Africa, the creation of the FEPACI (Federation of African Filmmakers) at the Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage in 1969 was the first step towards such a consolidation. At first, the newly minted FEPACI only “made a commitment to use films for the liberation of colonized countries as a step towards African unity under the sign of Pan-Africanism.”

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