Africa and France: Postcolonial Cultures, Migration, and Racism

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A l’abri de rien (Adam), 10, 178, 181–184 A l’ouest l’eden (film), 162 abolition of slavery. See slavery/slave trade Abouet, Marguerite, 169 Absa, Moussa Sene, 8, 137 Achebe, Chinua, 139, 147, 156 Adam, Olivier, 10, 178, 181–184 Adiga, Aravind, 169 aesthetic experience/values: MQB as expression of, 33–36; museums as expression of, 15–16, 19, 28–30; Paris as capital of, 24; politics and policy in, 101–102, 216, 221–222 “Affaire des biens mal acquis [BMA]” (IllGotten Gains Affair), 104, 249n11 Africa paradis (film, 2007), 129 Africa/Africa policy: Chirac on, 94–95; European Union, 90, 160; 50th anniversary of independence, 91, 105; French citizenship, 157; heads of state visits, 90–91; interactions with France, 91–95; Maghreb literature, 146, 162, 189, 207, 214; Maghreb region/ civilization, 12, 20, 103–104; in the “new world order,” 89–90; revisionist reframing of history, 99–105; Sarkozy on, 7, 89, 95–99; Union coloniale fran- çaise, 91–92 African Diaspora (MQB exhibit), 37 African film production: colonial policy and control, 109–111, 115–116; contextualization of Franco-African contact, 8, 106–107; educational documentary, 111–112, 138; funding and archival resources , 116; global black consciousness , 112–115; post-migratory experiences , 128–138; production in France, 116–128; production outside France, 112–115. See also banlieue filmmaking; Black French cinema; television “African Grammar” (Barthes), 173 African literature: banlieue writing, 11, 155, 189–191, 199–201, 212–214; beur writing , 55, 152–153, 189–190, 210–211, 222; migration and the “jungle” issues, 176–186; migration “pull” patterns in, 161–168; migration “push” patterns in, 173–176; new expanding themes, 161; new language of migration, 171–176; “quifaitlafrance” manifesto, 188, 192– 195, 197, 205, 222. See also “Pour une ‘littérature-monde’ en français” Afrique-sur-Seine (Vieyra, film), 8, 111, 113, 116, 119–120 Afro-Asiatic Conference (Bandung, 1955), 112–113 Afro-Parisianism, 189 Afropeans/Afrodescendents, 161–162 Agier, Michel, 172 agriculture, 79, 83 Ahmed de Bourgogne (Begag), 127 Ainsi meurent les anges (Absa, film), 137 Aït-Abbas, Jamila, 197 Aldrich, Robert, 18, 30, 33, 44, 51–52 Alem, Kangni, 101 Algeria, 2, 79, 85, 103, 123, 196. See also French-Algerian War Ali, Monica, 154 Alliance noire citoyenne, 65 Allouache, Merzak, 162 Amara, Fadela, 87, 269n31 Amellal, Karim, 193 I N D E X 314 Index Améris, Jean-Pierre, 10, 180 Ammi, Kebir, 227, 228–229 Amoussou, Sylvestre, 129 Amselle, Jean-Loup, 17, 37, 103–104, 223 Anglo-World Literature, 217–218 Angola, 97 “Année des Outre-mer” (The year of France overseas), 38 anti-colonialism, 2, 113–115 Appel pour une République multiculturelle et postraciale (collective), 65 “Arab Spring,” 73, 91, 156 Argenteuil banlieue (housing project), 63 arrest quotas/goals, 2, 61, 173 assimilation, 106, 115–116, 119, 127, 136, 139, 149–150. See also integration policy Association pour la Connaissance de l’Histoire de l’Afrique (ACHAC), 40, 65 asylum policy: depiction in cinema, 133– 134; depiction in literature, 178–179, 188; establishing and implementing, 4–5, 66; establishing individual rights, 180; EU policy, 156–157; fighting illegal immigration, 69; identity verification and treatment, 129–130; regulatory initiatives , 71; repressive measures, 173– 175; rising xenophobia and, 87–88. See also immigration/immigration policy Au-delà du Noir et du Blanc (Kelman), 65 Australia, littérature-monde publication in, 221 Aux États-Unis d’Afrique (Waberi), 148, 166–167 “Aux instituteurs et institutrices” (Jaurès), 224 Aya de Yopougon (Abouet), 169 Azahoum, Boualam, 203 Azenstarck, Georges, 208 Azima la rouge (Patricot), 194 Ba, Omar, 162 Badiou, Alain, 60, 81 Balibar, Etienne, 62, 86, 129–130, 158, 190 Bancel, Nicolas, 7–8, 11, 25, 37–39, 41, 57– 58, 65, 81, 88, 190, 195, 222–223 banlieue: described/defined, 62; parallels in world societies, 196; poverty and government policy, 70; riots and demonstrations , 63, 129–130, 188–191, 193, 198–200, 203, 208–210 Banlieue 13 (Besson, film), 108–109 banlieue filmmaking: about the genre, 201–205; films of Faïza Guène, 196, 201, 207, 209–214; films of Mathieu Kassovitz , 208–209; Le Monde interview of Ernesto Oña, 210; technological advances , 204–205; television documentation , 205–207. See also African film production Banlieue noire (Ryam), 193 banlieue writing/literature: about the emergence of, 11, 189–191; inclusion in world-literature, 155, 191, 194–195; literature of Faïza Guène, 194, 196–201, 212–214; “Qui fait la France?” manifesto , 191–193; “quifaitlafrance” manifesto , 195–196...