African Appropriations

Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media

Matthias Krings

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Indiana University Press
20 July 2015

Documentary movies & films; Advertising & society

"Why would a Hollywood film become a Nigerian video remake, a Tanzanian comic book, or a Congolese music video? Matthias Krings explores the myriad ways Africans respond to the relentless onslaught of global culture. He seeks out places where they have adapted pervasive cultural forms to their own purposes as photo novels, comic books, songs, posters, and even scam letters. These African appropriations reveal the broad scope of cultural mediation that is characteristic of our hyperlinked age. Krings argues that there is no longer an ""original"" or ""faithful copy,"" but only endless transformations that thrive in the fertile ground of African popular culture."

By: Matthias Krings
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 422g
ISBN: 9780253016294
ISBN 10: 0253016290
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 20 July 2015
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Matthias Krings is Professor of Anthropology and African Popular Culture at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. He is editor (with Onookome Okome) of Global Nollywood: The Transnational Dimensions of an African Video Film Industry (IUP, 2013).

Reviews for African Appropriations: Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media

Not only does [Krings] straddle different societies... he also ranges across a host of differing cultural forms: spirit possession, music, graphic novels, film, posters, 419 letters, photo novels, and stickers, among others. The result is, and this should be stressed, a genuinely innovative book unlike most others in either anthropology or African studies. * American Ethnologist * The text is jargon free, a pleasure to read, remarkably well researched, and enriched by 40 illustrations.... Highly recommended. * Choice * African Appropriations is a highly engaging, rigorous, and creative work, and among the most provocative and compelling books I have read in years. It is extremely suitable for undergraduate or graduate instruction, and highly recommended. * H-Africa * African Appropriations is rich compendium of useful commentary on cultural and media forms that otherwise have received scattered treatment. It will certainly be a valuable resource for scholars and an accessible and interesting text for classrooms. * African Studies Review * Overall, African Appropriations is an engaging, readable, creative, and well-researched piece of scholarship. * H-Material-Culture *