Dedication Acknowledgments Preface, by Ardiouma Soma African Cinema and the Diasporic: Introductory Considerations, by Michael T. Martin and Gaston Jean-Marie Kaboré Part I: Sites and Contexts of Exhibition African Film Festivals in Africa: Curating "African Audiences" for "African Films", by Lindiwe Dovey On Tracking World Cinema: African Cinema at Film Festivals, by Manthia Diawara African Women on the Film Festival Landscape: Organizing, Showcasing, Promoting, Networking, by Beti Ellerson African Cinema in the Tempest of Minor Festivals, by Sambolgo Bangre Postcolonial Film Collaboration and Festival Politics, by Dorothee Wenner Part II: FESPACO: An Evolving Cinematic and Cultural Formation African Cinema and Festival: FESPACO, by Manthia Diawara FESPACO: Promoting African Film Development and Scholarship, by M. Africanus Aveh FESPACO and Cultural Valorization, by Mahir Saul African Cinema: Between the "Old" and the "New", by Mbye Cham Statement at Ouagadougou (1979), by Ousmane Sembene A Name Is More Than the Tyranny of Taste, by Wole Soyinka Cine-Agora Africana: Meditating on the Fiftieth Anniversary of FESPACO, by Aboubakar Sanogo Cultural Politics of Production and Francophone West African Cinema: FESPACO 1999, by Teresa Hoefert de Turegano A Mirage in the Desert? African Women Directors at FESPACO, by Claire Andrade-Watkins Cabascabo , the Film That Lastingly Established FESPACO: An Interview with Alimata Salambere, by Olivier Barlet The Long Take: Gaston Kaboré on FEPACI & FESPACO, by Michael T. Martin Pressing Revelations: Notes on Time at FESPACO, by Rod Stoneman Fifty Years of Women''s Engagement at FESPACO, by Beti Ellerson Thiaroye or Yeelen ? The Two Ways of African Cinemas, by Férid Boughedir Long Live Cinema! Long Live FESPACO.: A Luta Continua !, by Claire Diao Rethinking FESPACO As an Echo, by Michel Amarger Going to the Cinema in Burkina Faso, by Mustapha Ouedgraogo FESPACO Film Festival, by Colin Dupré FESPACO and Its Many Afterlives, by Sheila Petty Part III: Conditionalities and Challenges Towards Reframing FESPACO, by Imruh Bakari FESPACO Past and Future: Voices from the Archive, by June Givanni The Opening of South Africa and the Future of African Film, by Mahir Saul FESPACO 2019: Moving Toward Resurrection, by Olivier Barlet Fifty Years of Memories for Shaping the Future!, by Rémi Abega Part IV: Commentaries: Filmmakers, Film Scholars, and Media Professionals Part V: Documents Resolution on the Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (1972) Regulations of the Carthage Film Festival (1970s) Regulations of the Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (1980) Regulations for the Official Juries of the 26th Edition of FESPACO (2019) FESPACO Award Winners (1972-2019) FESPACO 50th Anniversary Symposium (2019) Manifesto of Ouagadougou (2017) FESPACO Poster Gallery (1969-2019) Organizing Themes of the FESPACO Festival (1973-2019) Major Events of FESPACO (1969-2016) The African Film Library of Ouagadougou Dossier 1: Paul Robeson Award Initiative (PRAI) Dossier 2: The Higher Institute of Image and Sound / Studio School (ISIS-SE) Dossier 3: Imagine Film Training Institute Power to the Imagination (2020), by Rod Stoneman Founding Myths and Storytelling: The African Modern (2011), by Michael T. Martin.