Nollywood-Inspired Migrant Filmmaking in Switzerland: Practice, Performance and Meaning

Mooser, Sandra (2022). Nollywood-Inspired Migrant Filmmaking in Switzerland: Practice, Performance and Meaning. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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This book introduces the emerging, but still little-known, phenomenon of Nollywood-inspired filmmaking by African migrants in Europe. Using the unique example of a performance ethnographic case study in Switzerland, it shows how members of the African diaspora represent themselves through audio-visual media and what influence the post-colonial images of the Nigerian video film industry have on their image production.

Drawing on Jean Rouch’s Shared Anthropology and the methods of Performance Ethnography, this book provides an in-depth look at the complexity of migrants’ everyday lives and showcases Nollywood-inspired transnational filmmaking practices. In its refreshing and accessible writing style, it also illustrates the performance ethnographic research process, highlights the pitfalls and challenges of collaborative film projects, and critically engages with fundamental questions of social research in decolonial settings.

Item Type:	Book (Monograph)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Social Anthropology
UniBE Contributor:	Mooser, Sandra
Subjects:	300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
ISBN:	1-5275-8815-7
Publisher:	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language:	English
Submitter:	Sandra Mooser
Date Deposited:	10 Oct 2022 06:57
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 16:26
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Nollywood, Migrant Filmmaking, Performance Ethnography, Shared Anthropology, African Diaspora, Switzerland
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/173585