附註:"This book first appeared in October 1993 as a special issue of Contributions in black studies"--Title page verso
English and French.
Based primarily on a conference held in Amherst, Mass., in April 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-117) and filmography (p. 118-120).
pt. 1. Critical Perspectives on the Works of Ousmane Sembene. "Aesthetics, Ideology, and Social Commitment in the Prose Fiction of Ousmane Sembene" / Frederick Ivor Case. "The Uniqueness of Ousmane Sembne's Cinema" / Francoise Pfaff. "Official History, Popular Memory: Reconfiguration of the African Past in the Films of Ousmane Sembene" / Mbye Cham. "Film Production in Francophone Africa 1961 to 1977: Ousmane Sembene -- An Exception" / Claire Andrade-Watkins. Ousmane Sembene Responds to Questions from the Audience -- pt. 2. Writers' Forum: Language and the Writer. Toni Cade Eambara. Earl Lovelace. Ngugi wa Thiongo. John Wideman. Ousmane Sembene. Discussion Among the Writers -- pt. 3. Ousmane Sembene's Remarks After the Showing of His. Film "Camp de Thiaroye" -- pt. 4. An Interview with Ousmane Sembene / Sada Niang -- App.: A Select Bibliography of Ousmane Sembene's Written Works -- App.: Films Written and Directed by Ousmane Sembene -- App.: A Critical Bibliography on Ousmane Sembene's Works.