Selected papers, including interviews, of the Twenty-third Annual Conference of the African Literature Association which was a celebration of African cinema, in recognition of which it received the title "FESPACO Nights in Michigan," held Apr. 1997 in East Lansing, Mich.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- Kenneth W. Harrow -- II. Filmmakers' Words -- 2. Acceptance Speech: Fonlon-Nichols Prize -- Assia Djebar -- 3. Aristotle's Plot (excerpts and comments) -- Jean-Pierre Bekolo -- 4. Gaston Kabore interview -- Debra Boyd -- 5. Ngozi Onwurah interview -- Maureen N. Eke -- III. Film Criticism -- 6. The Sublatern Speaks: Re-making Her/Story/ -- in Assia Djebar's Film -- Touria Khannous -- 7. A Man is Being Raped: Nouri Bouzid's Man of Ashe -- Jarrod Hayes -- 8. The Cameroonian Film as An Instrument -- of Social and Political Change -- S. Ekema Agbaw -- 9. La Haine, or Culture Wars in Paris -- Stephen Zacks -- IV. Literary Criticism -- 10. The Projectionist in Sylvain Bemba's Rêves portatifs -- Lydie Moudelino -- 11. Sycorax Video Style -- Linda Helstern -- 12. Restaging the Past: The Tale of the Beautiful Daughter -- Carmela Garritano -- 13. Race, Gender, and Islam -- Lamia Ben Youssef -- Contributors 183 -- Editors 185 -- Index 187.