The Nigerian film industry is the third largest in the world, after those of the United States and India. Nigerian films often deal with the moral dilemmas facing modern Africans today and tell stories familiar to African families: of religion, violence, AIDS, and economic hardship. Much as he did with his previous book, the hugely successful The Hyena & Other Men, Pieter Hugo documents the intense and incredibly colorful world of Nollywood from an unusual angle. His images are staged representations of Nigerian ...
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The Nigerian film industry is the third largest in the world, after those of the United States and India. Nigerian films often deal with the moral dilemmas facing modern Africans today and tell stories familiar to African families: of religion, violence, AIDS, and economic hardship. Much as he did with his previous book, the hugely successful The Hyena & Other Men, Pieter Hugo documents the intense and incredibly colorful world of Nollywood from an unusual angle. His images are staged representations of Nigerian film sets, featuring local actors who recreate themes and characters from Nollywood films. The result is a series of surreal tableaux rooted in local symbolic imagery. Accompanying the photographs are texts by Chris Abani, and an essay by Zina Saro-Wiwa on Nollywood's growth and what it means to Nigerians. Presented in a simple and restrained format, Hugo's gorgeous photographs reveal a little-known phenomenon to a wider audience.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine. No Jacket. 120 pages (complete). Signed by Pieter Hugo on the title page (dated: 2010 Joburg). A pleasing copy. Printed gilt titling; tipped-in plate on the front board; black faux-leather boards. The boards are smart, sound and sure. The contents are most gratifying. They are vibrant, energetic, bright, fresh-faced, very clean and clear, vivid, very attractive-as if barely handled throughout! fk.
