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Sources. Materials & Fieldwork in African Studies is an interdisciplinary, multilingual, open-access peer-reviewed journal. The journal, created in 2020 and supported by the French Institutes for Research in Sub-Saharan Africa and Les Afriques dans le monde, aims to publish scientific articles accompanied by the materials that form the basis of their theoretical production, whether derived from archival work or fieldwork, and of all kinds (published or unpublished texts, images, sounds, field notes, etc.), thus constituting reusable research data on the African continent.

Latest issue
10-11 | 2025
Revolutionary Cinemas

Cinémas Révolutionnaires
Edited by Dan Hodgkinson, Jennifer Blaylock and Anita Afonu
Sources, no. 10-11
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Credits: Manetov

At the junction of history, anthropology, and film studies, this double issue analyses the genealogies and multiple incarnations of revolutionary African cinema, from the Maghreb to South Africa, from Angola to Ethiopia. By reexamining the iconic works and filmmakers of the independence era, the authors present a broader conception of revolution. Through interviews and film analysis, the articles revisit the conditions of production and reception of these works, from the 1960s to the present day. The question of preservation and access to materials (reels, scripts, public or private archives, on the continent or in the global North), at a time of digitisation and debates on the restitution of African cultural heritage, is at the heart of their analysis. Considered together, the various contributions reveal the ambivalence of Africa’s revolutionary heritage, caught between propaganda, censorship, and legitimate aspirations for both political and cultural emancipation.

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