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Black and White in Colour: African History on Screen
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African Studies Review
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April 1, 2008
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Vivian Bickford-Smith and Richard Mendelsohn, eds. Black and White in Colour: African History on Screen. Oxford: James Currey; Athens: Ohio University Press; Cape Town: Double Storey, 2007. ix + 374 pp. List of Contributors. Endnotes. Index. $26.95. Paper.
The quality of a scholarly edited volume is often indicated in the editors' introduction. Do the editors demonstrate a reasonable grasp of the theo- retical frameworks and other critical literature to which their contributors must speak? Have the editors set out a clear theme that will allow the contributors to develop a dialogue among themselves and with their readers? Do the editors show sensitivity to the similarities among their ...
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