Nollywood and popular religion : productions of prosperity, gender, and the supernatural in Nigerian cinema /

"Nigeria's film industry, popularly known as "Nollywood," established itself in the early 1990s at the same time that Pentecostalism, once a marginal religious denomination, became one of the nation's dominant forms of Christianity. Today's Nollywood films emerge from a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Azuawusiefe, Chijioke (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2026.
Subjects:	Motion pictures > Nigeria > Plots, themes, etc. Motion picture industry > Nigeria. Pentecostalism > Nigeria. Motion pictures > Religious aspects. Religion in motion pictures. Sex role in motion pictures. Supernatural in motion pictures. Nigeria > Religious life and customs. Cinéma > Industrie > Nigeria. Mouvement charismatique > Nigeria. Cinéma > Aspect religieux. Religion au cinéma. Rôle selon le sexe au cinéma. Surnaturel au cinéma.

Table of Contents:

Nigerian Pentecostalism in contemporary culture
Religion and media in Nigeria
Witchcraft and the spectacle of the supernatural : mermaids, witches, and ghosts
Wealth and the framing of "occult economies"
Women, cinema, and religion : subversions of gender constructions.