{"product_id":"9781032941363","title":"Africa's Fourth Cinema A Yorùbá Ontology","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge African Media, Culture and Communication Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAfrica's Fourth Cinema\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Yorùbá Ontology\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSaheed Adesumbo Bello\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Ethnic Studies \/ African Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book investigates the power that film has in philosophizing from an African perspective. In so doing, this book helps to decolonize, de‑Westernize, and diversify our understanding of the relationship between film and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePremised on Wole Soyinka’s the Fourth Stage, which is also known as the fourth area of experience where the metaphysical questions of the past, the present, and the future are entangled, this book conceptualizes the Fourth Cinema. Connecting the fields of divinity, philosophy, and film studies, this book provides a Yorùbá ontology of film, grounded in the oratures and rituals of Òrìsà (Yorùbá Gods), which have gone through several media of storytelling before the invention of film technology. This book explores the metaphysical sources of the fourth cinema in the motifs, colours, sounds, and other languages\/metaphors of Òrìsà; and thus, discusses the themes of individuality, communality, morality, drama, sacrifice, spirituality, death, tragedy, and annihilation via the fourth cinematic storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a time when African film, and Nollywood in particular, is growing and gaining in international acclaim, this book provides an important non‑Western study of the intersection between film and philosophy. It will be of interest to researchers of world religions, philosophies, and cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaheed Adesumbo Bello\u003c\/strong\u003e is a philosopher and cultural critic. He completed a PhD which focused on the relationship between film and literature in 2018 in the Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Nigeria. He successfully completed a second PhD in Philosophy in October 2025 at VU Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has taught courses in performance, film, and cultural studies in Lagos and London; and held three postdoctoral positions in Bayreuth, London, and Heidelberg. He has published locally and internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781032941363\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63540440072332,"sku":"9781032941363","price":80.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781032941363","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}