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Daouda, the Shoemaker

Filmmaker: Doba Kadana Aiméé-Diane Year of production: 2020 Location: Ngaoundéré, Cameroon Duration:  20 minutes Sound: mono Language:  French, Fulfulde Subtitles: French Copyright: 2020  Visual Cultural Studies, University of Tromsø Watch Film Thesis

Tchoua-tchoua, Survival Strategy

Tchoua-tchoua, Survival Strategy

Filmmaker: Layio Robi Year of production: 2018 Location: Cameroon Duration:  25 minutes Sound: mono Language: French, Shuwa Arabic, Kotoko, Musgum Subtitles: English “Tchoua-tchoua”= transaction, in Hausa language; to fend yourself. Portrait of Ali Moulla Koufaïni in his...

The Blacksmiths (Les forgerons)

The Blacksmiths (Les forgerons)

Filmmaker: Guimaye Juvintus Year of production: 2019 Location: Cameroon Duration: 26 minutes Sound: mono Language: Mafa, French Subtitles: English “Ngwazlazlihi” or “the Blacksmiths” is a film produced in Djingliya, a village in the district...

PhD course in anthropological writing inTromsø. Spring 2020

PhD course in anthropological writing inTromsø. Spring 2020

  PhD course theme: SVF-8065 (VISUAL) NARRATIVES AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE                                       Character driven film and actor oriented anthropology The course will explore visual and written narratives according to, Frampton’s approach (“Found in the Field” (2007), and how...