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Endong F P C. The Gloomy Image is Merely Based on Myths: A Critical Review of Empirical Studies on the Nigerian Image Crisis. kurmanj 2023; 5 (3) :1-7
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University of Dschang, Cameroon
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The Nigerian video film industry (codenamed Nollywood) has been criticised on various bases. One of such bases is the myth that, its productions insidiously tarnish the image of Nigeria on the international scene. Related to this criticism is the claim that these Nollywood films are in the most part over exaggerated stories which ultimately distort the Nigerian socio-cultural reality and mislead foreign audiences into seeing Nigeria in a bad light. Although true to a category of Nollywood films, this reading must be nuanced for at least two reasons: first, reality is a complex concept which may, in some contexts, even be very elusive; second, films are theoretically speaking a window into their society of origin. Although make-believe, they do have elements of reality. All may depend on the definition the Nollywood film critic or audience gives to reality. In this conceptual paper, a systematic review of secondary sources and critical observations are used to examine how Nigerian films’ ability to reflect or distort the Nigerian socio-political reality is fuelling the social debate on Nollywood’s contribution to the Nigerian image crisis. In the first place, the paper discusses filmic representations’ ability to reflect reality about countries and in the second place, it examines the extent to which Nollywood films’ depictions of Nigeria could be said to be true or false.
Keywords: Nigeria Image Crisis, Nigerian Schools, The Nigerian Spirit, Nollywood, International Community
Humanities: Research |
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Sociological critique
Received: 2023/06/30 | Revised: 2023/09/6 | Accepted: 2023/09/8 | Published: 2023/09/30
Received: 2023/06/30 | Revised: 2023/09/6 | Accepted: 2023/09/8 | Published: 2023/09/30
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