Ellerson, Beti. “African Women of the Screen at the Digital Turn” Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media 10 (2015): 145-159.

https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.10.09.

When I conceptualised the Sisters of the Screen project as a book and film, I envisioned an “imagined community” of kindred spirits, a “sisterhood” where the screen was their ultimate point of convergence. The screen is where their images are read; whether it’s a movie screen, television set, video monitor, computer screen, tablet or mobile phone, for a director, producer, film festival organizer, actor, critic or spectator the screen is the ultimate site where the moving image is viewed, interpreted and understood. With the phenomenal development of screen culture as a result of the digital turn, I return to the “screen” as a conceptual framework that integrates screen media, and their associated devices and technologies; hence, the concept “African women of the screen” as the organising principle. This report examines the impact of the digital turn on African women of the screen, how their cinematic gaze has evolved, developed, and transformed with the evolution of new technologies such as the Internet and, in particular, the emergence of social media.

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Ellis, Stephen. "The Mutual Assimilation of Elites; The Development of Secret Societies in Twentieth Century Liberian Politics". African Social Studies Series, Volume 22. January 01, 2011. Pages 185-204.

The region that eventually gained international recognition as the Republic of Liberia in 1847 has a rich history of initiation societies that predates the modern state. One of the most well-known of these societies is the men's group called Poro, which has been prevalent in the northern part of the country since before the establishment of the republic. During the 20th century, politicians and officials of the Republic of Liberia employed these initiation societies as a tool of indirect rule, both in official and unofficial capacities. This influence had a tangible impact on the governance style and institutional evolution of the Republic.

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Elmarsa

Art gallery

La Marsa, Tunisia

https://www.galerielmarsa.com/

Description:

Elmarsa represents established artists and also plays a major role in  supporting promising emerging artists by providing the opportunity for local  talent to feature in the international art scene.

Ernest Emenyonu

African Literature critic and Professor, University of Michigan-Flint

linkedin.com/in/ernest-emenyonu-785001183

Enns, Charis, and Brock Bersaglio. “On the Coloniality of ‘New’ Mega‐Infrastructure Projects in East Africa.” Antipode 52, no. 1 (2020): 101–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12582.

This article responds to a preference for short‐term history in research on the infrastructure turn by engaging with the longue durée of East Africa’s latest infrastructure scramble. It traces the history of LAPSSET in Kenya and the Central Corridor in Tanzania, revealing the coloniality of new and improved transport infrastructure along both corridors. This exercise demonstrates how the spatial visions and territorial plans of colonial administrators get built in to new infrastructure and materialise in ways that serve the interests of global capital rather than peasant and indigenous peoples being promised more modern, prosperous futures. The article concludes by suggesting that a focus on the longue durée also reveals uneven patterns of mobility and immobility set in motion during the colonial scramble for Africa and reinforced after independence. These “colonial moorings” are significant as they shape political reactions to new mega‐infrastructure projects today and constrain the emancipatory potential of infrastructure‐led development.

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Eno Barony

Musician

Ghana

Eno Barony

Rapper/Songwriter

Ghana

instagram.com/eno_barony/?hl=en

Ethical Fashion Initiative

Public-private partnership UN/WTO

USA

ethicalfashioninitiative.org

Description:

The Ethical Fashion Initiative is a public-private partnership of a UN  programme (under the ITC, a joint agency of the UN and WTO), a group of  social enterprises, and several industry partners. Founded in 2009, today EFI works at the intersection of international development, the creative industries and the fashion and lifestyle sector, offering sustainability services, products, and development projects.