Reflecting on Migration: 'Man on Ground'

Room 00-13, Ground Floor Chambers Building, OU, Milton Keynes

NB Please note amended date (originally scheduled for 27 April).

International Development seminar presented by Dr Françoise Ugochukwu (Visiting Research Fellow, OU), who will discuss Man on Ground (2011), a Nigerian film on South Africa.

Lunch (provided) from 12.00, presentation & discussion 12.30 - 14.00. To reserve your free place, please email Claire Emburey.

Abstract
In her presentation, Dr Ugochukwu will consider the film Man on Ground (2011), by the Nigerian-born South African director Akin Omotoso, and in particular study its reading of Nigerian immigration to South Africa. Her analysis suggests that, in spite of its originality, the film closely follows the Nollywood 'edutainment' model, of seeking, in this case, to warn would-be immigrants against the dangers waiting for them abroad.

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