This volume collects together a selection of the key papers presented at the twenty-third conference of the African Literature Association which took as its theme the subject of African cinema. Contributors to the conference included, Salem Mekuria, Ngozi Onwurah, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Bassek ba Kobhio, Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Francois Woukoache, Djibril Diop Mambety, Assia Djebar, Gaston Kabore, Ola Balogun, and John Akomgrah.