HHU, 24.21.03.24
Guest Lecture in the Seminar “New Nollywood: Aesthetics, Politics, Translations”
Moderation: Dr. Hannah Pardey (HHU)
Nigerian cinema, commonly known as Nollywood, has rapidly grown to become one of the most significant film industries in the world with a vast audience both within and outside Africa. Through its storytelling, Nollywood offers a rich platform to discuss, negotiate and reinvent gender and sexuality. This guest lecture will investigate how selected examples of Nollywood construct gender and sexuality by taking a closer look at the discourses that influence and are influenced by these constructions, including (post)colonialism, language and emotions. Adopting comparative perspectives on Living in Bondage (dir. Chris Obi Rapu, 1992) and Unintentional (dir. Olufemi Bamigbetan, 2021), it will pay attention to the continuities and differences between ‘old’ and ‘new’ manifestations of Nollywood.
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Abiola Olajide is a doctoral candidate at Ghent University, Belgium. Her PhD research is concerned with gender representations in Nigerian cinema, putting special emphasis on its audiences and the methods of researching them.