The work delivers an introduction to what has been happening in Ethiopian cinema over the last two decades and an exploration of the principal players, actors, directors, and professionals working in the fiction-making industry. He describes the major Ethiopian film genres and how they reflect the social and cultural concerns of audiences. “The ever-present nature of fiker (love) in popular Ethiopian cinema is most obvious when observing Amharic descriptions of film genres. Fiker can accompany any genre appellation associated with film, acting as a central catalyst in the system of Amharic film genres,” he writes. He adeptly synthesizes the Ethiopian film industry by offering new and localised perceptions and exploring specific films from global film studies perspective.

Source: Ethiopian News February 20, 2023 20:49 UTC