African Women in Cinema: Affective experiences of belonging, of inclusion: negotiating the emotions of heritage and identity

African Women in Cinema: Affective experiences of belonging, of inclusion: negotiating the emotions of heritage and identity* 

Notes ongoing by Beti Ellerson

*(Drawn from the title, Emotion, Affective Practices, and the Past in the Present / by Laurajane Smith, Margaret Wetherell, Gary Campbell)

Following is a selection of articles from the African Women in Cinema Blog that addresses African women in cinema engaging the affective practices of belonging, inclusion, identity. The selection is continuing…

Katarama Gahigiri: Ethereality

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2021/10/kantarama-gahigiri-ethereality.html

Alice Diop: We | Nous

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2021/03/berlinale-2021-alice-diop-we-nous.html

Raja Amari: She had a dream

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2021/03/recent-films-raja-amari-she-had-dream.html

Ines Johnson Spain: Becoming Black

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2020/12/ines-johnson-spain-becoming-black.html

Matamba Kombile: Mundele n blanche

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2020/07/matamba-kombila-mundele-n-blanche.html

Yvonne Orji: Mama I made it

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2020/05/yvonne-orji-mama-i-made-it-hbo-comedy.html

Mariannes Noires: Mame-Fatou Niang, Kaytie Nielsen

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2018/12/tv5monde-mariannes-noires-mame-fatou.html

Josza Anjembe: Le bleu blanc rouge de mes cheveux (The red white blue of my hair) | French 

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2018/06/mis-me-binga-2018-josza-anjembe-le-bleu.html

Alice Diop: Les Senegalaises et la Senegauloise

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2017/11/alice-diop-senegalaises-senegauloise.html

Amandine Gay: To be a black woman in France has its specific issues

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2016/12/amandine-gay-to-be-black-woman-in.html

When Alice Diop takes us towards tenderness

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2016/03/when-alice-diop-takes-us-towards.html

Ghanaian-German Jacqueline Nsiah’s Sankofa

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2015/10/ghanaian-german-jacqueline-nsiahs.html

Sierra Leonean American Nadia Sasso: Am I too African to be American or too American to be African

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2015/09/am-i-too-african-to-be-american-or-too.html

Amelia Umuhire: Polyglot Webseries

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2015/07/amelia-umuhire-polyglot-webseries.html

Isabelle: Boni-Claverie: Trop noire pour etre francaise | Too Black to be French 

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2015/05/arte-trop-noire-pour-etre-francaise-too.html

Rina Jooste: Visualizing South Africa beyond the divide

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2012/12/rina-jooste-visualising-south-african.html

Eliaichi Kimaro: Tracing her Tanzanian roots

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2012/08/eliaichi-kimaro-tracing-her-tanzanian.html

Claude Haffner: Black here, white there

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2012/03/claude-haffner-black-here-white-there.html

Conversation with white South African Lizelle Bisschoff

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2012/03/conversation-with-lizelle-bisschoff.html

Eleonore Yameogo: Paris my paradise

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2011/08/eleonore-yameogo-talks-about-her-film.html

Sarah Bouyain: Notre Etrangère

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2011/02/sarah-bouyain-notre-etrangerethe-place.html

Shirikiana Aina: Through the door of no return

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2011/01/shirikiana-aina-through-door-of-no.html

Akosua Adam Owusu’s Triple consciousness

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.fr/2010/11/akosua-adoma-owusus-triple-consciousness.html

Peres Owino talks about her documentary 

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2011/10/peres-owino-talks-about-her-documentary.html

Bridget Thompson: What shaped/shapes my eye

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2010/10/bridget-thompson-what-shapedshapes-my.html

Pascale Obolo: The Visible Woman

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2010/07/pascale-obolo-visible-woman.html

Gendered representations of African in the French Hexagon

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2009/05/gendered-representations-of-africans.html