Animating the oral tradition
A new Disney short film series dramatizes traditional African storytelling for the big screen. Does it succeed?
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Xi “Títílayọ̀” Jin is a PhD student in the Department of African Cultural Studies with a minor in Visual Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests include the global circulation of African literature, visual culture and museology in Africa, and contemporary African art.
A new Disney short film series dramatizes traditional African storytelling for the big screen. Does it succeed?