Reconfiguring Senegalese filmmakers as Griots: Identity, migration and authorship practice

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buir.contributor.authorKayır, Oğuz
buir.contributor.orcidKayır, Oğuz | 0000-0002-3918-4658
dc.citation.epage139en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1-2en_US
dc.citation.spage119en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber25en_US
dc.contributor.authorKayır, Oğuz
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-21T10:45:46Z
dc.date.available2023-02-21T10:45:46Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentDepartment of Communication and Designen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article aims to designate the notion of ‘Griot’ – the oral transmitter of history in West African cultures to the eclectic filmmakers from the post-independence period of Francophone Senegal who utilized film as an instrument to reassemble their nation’s lost image and carve an independent national identity that seeks liberation from the remnants of French imperial rule. Figuratively performing as Griots in the postcolonial film corpus, directors Ousmane Sembéne, Djibril Diop Mambéty and Mati Diop fabricated an original filmic language that represents the cultural milieu of Senegal after the French colonialism. In these directorial endeavours, the incorporation of narration elements plays a pivotal role in simultaneously manufacturing the agencies of Senegalese people and accelerating the continuum of decolonization in the country’s visual domain. Including the historical framework of Senegal’s cinema and illustrating the analogy between Griots and these filmmakers, this research will take a closer look at the corresponding postcolonial narratives of Ousmane Sembéne’s La Noire de… (1966), Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki (1973) and Mati Diop’s Atlantics (2019) in an effort to unravel their tumultuous identity politics, critiques of (neo)colonialism and filmmakers’ role as national raconteurs.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1386/ijfs_00047_1en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1758-9142
dc.identifier.issn1368-2679
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/111578
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherIntellecten_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1386/ijfs_00047_1en_US
dc.source.titleInternational Journal of Francophone Studiesen_US
dc.subjectPostcolonialismen_US
dc.subjectNational identityen_US
dc.subjectMigrationen_US
dc.subjectSenegalese cinemaen_US
dc.subjectAfrican directorsen_US
dc.subjectFranceen_US
dc.subjectNarrative theoryen_US
dc.subjectGriotsen_US
dc.titleReconfiguring Senegalese filmmakers as Griots: Identity, migration and authorship practiceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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