Post-Colonial Experiments: The Appropriation of âWhite Rolesâ in African Film

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Black actors are confronted with notions of a âraciallyâ determined identity that although scientifically obsolete, are still quite common in Western media, and this is despite that some changes in casting practices are noticeable today. In Europe and the United States, many roles are reserved for white actors, but since the rise of African film in the 1960s, African directors have sought to overcome the concepts that restricted the casting of black actors. In African films, black actors take over white social roles denied to them before the colonies became independent. They play white theatre roles and they appropriate many roles in which white film stars were originally cast. This chapter posits that this deconstruction of whiteness can be regarded as a post-colonial experiment. I argue that so-called âwhite rolesâ become platforms on which African directors can rehearse the handling of postcolonial conditions such as heritage, neo-colonial structures and the hegemony of Western media. To explore these relations, this chapter considers the taking over of white roles in three texts: the video comedy Osuofia in London; the film HyÃ¨nes, an adaption of Friedrich DÃ¼rrenmattâs play The Visit; and a remake of the Hollywood blockbuster Predator.

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