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“Through the evocative concept of screen worlds, this exciting volume models an ethical, reflexive approach to undertaking African studies with resources from the Global North. The result is an original volume that centers Africa and the experiences of Africans in their relationships to screen worlds. Ambitiously laying out the fascinating dimensions of film practices across the continent, the volume foregrounds the agency of Africans, who appear strongly as participants in rapidly changing screen worlds that exploit the affordances of new media.” -- Cajetan Iheka, author of * African Ecomedia: Network Forms, Planetary Politics * “Contemporary African Screen Worlds is a highly engaging and cutting-edge collection that offers a snapshot in a dynamic slide show about changing technologies and screen worlds across the continent. Toggling back between the global and the local while focusing as much on global platforms like Netflix as it does on practices of domestic workers watching Nollywood films in Kenya, this volume carefully attends to the messy and contradictory ways people engage with all types of screens.” -- Lindsey B. Green-Simms, author of * Queer African Cinemas *

“Through the evocative concept of screen worlds, this exciting volume modes an ethnical, reflexive approach to undertaking African studies with resources from the global North. The result is an original volume that centers Africa and the experiences of Africans in their relationships to screen worlds. Ambitiously laying out the exciting dimensions of media practices across the continent, the volume foregrounds the agency of Africans, who appear strongly as participants in a rapidly changing media that exploits the affordances of new media.” -- Cajetan Iheka, author of * African Ecomedia: Network Forms, Planetary Politics * “Contemporary African Screen Worlds is a highly engaging and cutting-edge collection that offers a snapshot in a dynamic slide show about changing technologies and screen worlds across the continent. Toggling back between the global and the local while focusing as much on global platforms like Netflix as it does on practices of domestic workers watching Nollywood films in Kenya, this volume carefully attends to the messy and contradictory ways people engage with all types of screens.” -- Lindsey B. Green-Simms, author of * Queer African Cinemas *

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Lindiwe Dovey is Professor of Film and Screen Studies, SOAS University of London. AÑulika Agina is Associate Professor of Media Studies at the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos. Michael W. Thomas is Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies, SOAS University of London.

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