Modern Representations of Sub-Saharan Africa

Lori Maguire is a Professor at the University of Paris 8, France. Susan Ball is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Paris 8, France. Sébastien Lefait is a Professor at Aix Marseille University, France.

1. Introduction: From Tarzan to the Black Panther: The Evolving Image of Africa Part 1: Representing Sub-Saharan Africa before its Decolonization 2. African Liberation and the Reaction of the British Establishment 3. Viewing Apartheid through an American Lens: The American Foreign Policy Elite Examine Racial Politics in South Africa Part 2: Representing Sub-Saharan Africa in the Age of Decolonization and Independence 4. Othering Blacks into Africans in Letters of Support to Enoch Powell (1968-9): A Post-colonial Regime of Truth 5. ‘God’s Work’: Explaining the Intervention in Somalia to the American Public (1992-1993) 6. Remembering Rwanda in the American television Series The West Wing and 24 Part 3: Representing Sub-Saharan Africa in Academic Disciplines 7. From the Cradle of Civilization to Basket Case: (Mis)representations of Africa in Western Scholarship 8. Maps: ‘A Mine of Suggestion’ or Just ‘a Sham’? Part 4: Representing Sub-Saharan Africa Today 9. Changing the Narrative: British Press’ Portrayal of Women’s Rights Issues in Africa 10. Imperial Identities in Question: Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom 11. ‘You can’t tell me that representation isn’t important. You just can’t’: The Revisibilization of Sub-Saharan Africa in Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018) and its Impact on English-speaking Audiences 12. Conclusion