Joy Nwosu, author of "Cinema e Africa nera", published in Italy in 1968 and reedited in 2014 | publié en Italie en 1968 et réédité en 2014

Joy Nwosu, author of "Cinema e Africa nera", published in Italy in 1968 and reedited in 2014

A discovery in plain view. Joy Nwosu’s book on cinema and Africa, "Cinema e Africa nera" published in Italy in 1968, was reedited in 2014, also in Italian, under the title Cinema e Africa, with preface by Domenico Argentieri and introduction by Leonardo De Franceschi. Published by Aracne editrice.

At the time, a flurry of interviews and articles emerged in English and Italian. Kudos to Leonardo De Franceschi who was instrumental in bringing Dr. Joy Nwosu and her work back into the spotlight. The African Women in Cinema Blog has now discovered this jewel with much excitement!

Une découverte en plein vue. Le livre de Joy Nwosu sur le cinéma et Afrique, « Cinema e Africa nera » publié en Italie en 1968, a été réédité en 2014, aussi en italien, sur le titre « Cinema e Africa » par la maison d’édition, Aracne editrice de Rome.

À l'époque, une kyrielle d'interviews et d'articles sortait en anglais et en italien. L’African Women in Cinema Blog a maintenant découvert ce trésor avec beaucoup d’enthousiasme !

Read the interview with Joy Nwosu by Leonardo De Franceschi in Cineafrica.org:  Film, Africa, Blacks. A Conversation With Joy Nwosu, BELOW, as it is no longer available at the original URL: http://www.cinemafrica.org/spip.php?article1517

Also see interview in Italian with Leonardo De Franceschi and Domenico Argentieri regarding the work of Joy Nwosu: https://www.sentieriselvaggi.it/cinemafrica-unaltra-storia-del-1968-tra-cinema-e-africa-conversazione-con-mino-argentieri/

Also in Italian, a conversation with Leonardo De Franceschi and film critic Ludovico Cantisani: https://www.artdigiland.com/blog/2021/6/14/il-nero-di-giovanni-vento-conversazione-con-leonardo-de-franceschi

 

See the video interview with Joy Nwosu in English: Incontro con Joy Nwosu, autrice del libro "Cinema e Africa": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOPbWlhFnmc

 

Film, Africa, blacks. A conversation with Joy Nwosu

by Leonardo De Franceschi
Rome/Los Angeles, July 2014

 

This week Cinemafrica shares with you the integral version of a conversation with Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko, a Nigerian-born soprano and ethnomusicologist, based in Los Angeles, who released in 1968 a book in Italian called "Cinema e Africa nera" for roman editor Tindalo.

 

This book has been recently re-edited with the title "Cinema e Africa" for Aracne editrice. 
“Cinema e Africa” is currently available in paperback format and can be ordered exclusively via Aracne editrice through this http://www.aracne-editrice.it/index.php/pubblicazione.html?item=9788854876538


 

This conversation has been realized in a written form via e-mail on July 2014, and included in the book, but translated into Italian and in a shorter version.
 

Republished in: Black Camera, an International Film Journal, 15.2 (Spring 2024)