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Pornography and Debasement of Womanhood in African Films: The Examples of Selected Nollywood and Ghallywood Videos

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No doubt, film has become a potent agent for social change in
societies through its continued transition of historical, sociopolitical,
religious and educational lessons channeled through its
audio visual properties. In African societies for instance, film has
captured the realities of existence thereby making its audience
conscious of themselves and proffering a leeway out of so many
misconstrued philosophies of life. But due to the unsatisfying and
the rising audience’s taste or superfluous directorial interpretations,
African film makers principally those of Nollywood and
Ghallywood have continued to trample on some hallowed African
cultural heritage thereby promoting “anti-African” norms and
behaviours such as pornography, indecent dressing, vulgarity and
uncultured sexual behaviours that are found in some Western films.
Using the tenets of media content analysis of selected
Nollywood/Ghallywood films, this paper believes that African
films particularly those of Nollywood and Ghallywood should not
be a means of promoting violence, “gangsterism”, promiscuity, and
sexual immorality. Instead, it should be seen asa viable tool for
satirizing evil and promoting good in the society. The paper
concludes that African filmmakers should strictly respect African
culture and use film as a weapon for social change while
entertaining their audience. It advocates also that film should not
be used as a tool to showcase shame by debasing female gender in
the name of meeting the demands of realism, making quick money or gaining cheap popularity by portraying African women as
“professional sex objects” in an attempt to please their audience.

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Womanhood
Sexual Behaviours
Pornography
Sex object
Debasement
African film
Nollywood
Ghallywood
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