[Commlist] Special Issue Call for Papers: Journal of African Cinemas

Special Issue Call for Papers: Journal of African Cinemas


Theme: ‘African Language Films’


The Journal of African Cinemasis currently inviting abstracts for a 
themed issue on ‘African Language Films’. The Journal of African Cinemas 
is a double-blind, peer-reviewed journal that explores the interactions 
of visual and verbal narratives in African film. It recognizes the 
shifting paradigms that have defined and continue to define African 
cinemas. Identity and perception are interrogated in relation to their 
positions within diverse African film languages. This title is indexed 
with Scopus and the Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).


View the full CFP here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-african-cinemas#call-for-papers 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-african-cinemas#call-for-papers>


Overview:


African films play a significant role in exporting African culture to 
the world. Films such as Gibson Kente’s How Long Must We Suffer (1976) 
and Ousmane Sembène’s films Xala (1975) and Mandabi (1968) are some of 
the most memorable African films that brought international attention to 
the way of life in Africa, including the social and political 
situations. Sembène, in particular, made a deliberate decision to make 
films in an indigenous African language when he made Mandabi in his 
native Wolof language instead of French, which he initially used in some 
of his international films. This was an important decision because 
indigenous languages serve as essential elements of cultural identities 
in Africa and are instrumental in communicating African culture and way 
of life in a more nuanced way than African films made in foreign 
languages. In this way, media using African languages play a pivotal 
role in promoting the positive values, beliefs and traditions that 
redefine Africans' cultural identities.


Scholars maintain that the indigenous language media in Africa has the 
capacity to promote the cultural heritage of the African continent. In 
particular, the medium of film serves as one of the major components of 
indigenous language media in Africa, which can serve as cultural 
commodities of African identities. Recently, several films have been 
produced in indigenous languages in different parts of the African 
continent.


To this end, the Journal of African Cinemasinvites papers that engage 
with the theme: African Language Films. Interested authors are invited 
to submit abstracts of between 250 and 300 words on any of the following 
sub-themes and other relevant ones not mentioned here:


  *

    African film industries and indigenous languages;

  *

    History and development of African language films;

  *

    Theorisation around indigenous language films;

  *

    African language films and the promotion of culture;

  *

    Adaptation, dubbing and subtitles;

  *

    Policies and challenges of indigenous languages in film productions
    in Africa;

  *

    Research-driven designs for film and indigenous language media in
    Africa;

  *

    Storytelling and indigenous language films in Africa;

  *

    Indigenous language film training and studio practices;

  *

    African language films and development/social change agenda;

  *

    Economics and management of African language films;

  *

    Technology and production of African language films.


Submission Procedure:


Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit abstracts of about 
250 to 300 words on or by 15 November 2023.


The abstracts will be reviewed, and authors will be notified of the 
outcome by 15 December 2023. Authors of accepted abstracts will be sent 
article guidelines and invited to submit full articles by 30 April 2024.


Authors must email abstracts to Mr Lanre Ogundeyi at 
(larry17april /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(larry17april /at/ gmail.com)>


Important dates:


Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 November 2023


Feedback: 15 December 2023


Submission of full papers: 30 April 2024


Guest editors:


Prof. Abiodun Salawu (North-West University, South Africa)


Prof. Gilbert Motsaathebe (North-West University, South Africa)

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