Early film making took place in anglophone Ghana and Nigeria and their current pre-eminence as producers of the new “video-movies” is assured, and although there are more films emerging from East and southern Africa, it is West African francophone filmmakers who dominate the African film industry. Key among these is Sembene Ousmane whose complex representations of sexuality and gender in film have influenced several generations of filmgoers and filmmakers.
Sembene Ousmane
In his first film, Borom …