DEMOCRATIZING CINEMA AND CENSORSHIP IN TANZANIA, 1920-1980.

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  • Author(s): Brennan, James R.
  • Source:
    International Journal of African Historical Studies. 2005, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p481-511. 31p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      DEMOCRATIZATION; CENSORSHIP; MOTION pictures; FREEDOM of information; SOCIAL control
    • Subject Terms:
      TANZANIA
    • Abstract:
      The article reports on the democratization of cinema and censorship in Tanzania, during the period of 1920-1980. This struggle over democratizing access to cinema and its censorship broadly mirrors the struggle of African nationalists for political independence but also reveals the contradictions of the censoring nationalist elite and significant continuities between colonial and postcolonial statecraft in Africa. The history of film censorship in Tanzania reflects local, regional, and imperial aspirations to social control. Also remarkable in the case of Tanzania was the sub-imperialist role played by its South Asian population.