Cartooning in Africa (John A. Lent)

Quantity in Basket:none Code: 978-1-57273-554-5 Price:$35.00 Title: Cartooning in Africa Author(s): John A. Lent Publish Date: May 2008 Pages: 388 Format: Paper

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This volume documents from historical and contemporary perspectives, the situations, trends, and issues of cartooning in a number of African countries, and profiles the individuals, forms, and phenomena that stand out. All types of cartooning are covered, including comic books, comic strips, gag and political cartoons, and humor magazines. The contributors are scholars, writers, and practitioners of comic art who are either residents of or research visitors to Africa. Their approaches run the gamut from historical/contemporary overviews, to problem analysis of the profession and cartoonists, to textual analysis. Contents: African Cartooning: An Overview of Issues and Problems, John A. Lent. Vignette: Cartoonists Rights Network, Free Speech, and Cartooning in Africa, Robert Russell. Comics for Development and Conscientization, John A. Lent. Vignette: From Slavery to Freedom: A Comic Book from Angola, Bill Mantlo. The Algerian Strip and Bilingual Politics, Allen Douglas and Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Vignette: The Horrors of Cartooning in Slim's Algeria, John A. Lent. Vignette: "A" is for Algeria (or Afghanistan), Allen Douglas and Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Press Cartoons and Politics, The Case of Cameroon, Francis B. Nyamnjoh. Vignette: The Satirical Press in Francophone Africa, Emmanuel Watremez. Egyptian Comic Strips as Indigenous and Western Phenomena, Allen Douglas and Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Stupid Hares and Margarine: Early Swahili Comics, Jigal Beez. Foreignness and Kenyan Cartooning, John A. Lent, with Levi Obonyo and Dorothy Njoroge. Cartooning in Mozambique: An Overview, Lief Packalen. Cartooning in Nigeria: Large Canvas, Little Movement, Oyin Medubi. Vignette: Nigerian Cartooning Pro and Con: An Exchange between an Editor and Two Cartoonists, John A. Lent. Southern Africa: Hardly A Cartoonist's Eden, John A. Lent. Ten Years After: South African Cartooning and the Politics of Liberation, Andy Mason. Vignette: South Africa's Napier Dunn--Have French Horn (or Pencil), Will Travel, John A. Lent. Tanzanian Comic Art: Vibrant and Plentiful, Leif Packalen. Tradition Viewed from the Maghrib: Tunisia, Allen Douglas and Fedwa Malti-Douglas. References. Author Index. Subject Index.