Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
For institutional, ideological and even sociological reasons, the detective genre had difficulty rising to prominence within literatures and especially within the field of African cinema. If one observes today its shy emergence in the works of some West African film directors and within popular Nigerian video films, it is nonetheless possible, thanks to a finer scrutiny of theories developed on the subject, to realize that some films by Ousmane Sembène contain aesthetic strategies that allow for a fresh assessment of the works of a director whose films were often reduced to their ideological aspects. This second reading also unravels the limits of the conventional theories governing the detective genre which, in general, hinges on an idealistic and static perception of the State.
Recommended Citation
Tcheuyap, Alexie
(2008)
"De la fiction criminelle en Afrique. Relecture des films d’Ousmane Sembène,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 71:
No.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol71/iss1/7
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