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csp-796	Essien, Essien Oku; Inyang, Emmanuel Nyong; Umahi, Jason Emeka	A Cinematic Reflection on Nigeria’s Political Economy Using Nollywood’s Black Book as a Lens	2025	26	.pdf	application/pdf	12191	624	41	800–825 https://doi.org/10.15826/csp.2025.9.3.354 ARTICLE A Cinematic Reflection on Nigeria’s Political Economy Using Nollywood’s Black Book as a Lens Essien Oku Essien Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA Emmanuel Nyong Inyang University of Cross River State, Calabar, Nigeria Jason Emeka Umahi University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River, Nigeria ABSTRACT In a nation where memory is contested and justice elusive, the cinema exists as both witness and warrior. As such, a semiotic reading of an African film like The Black Book (2023) must also consider how its aesthetics and narrative choices are informed by local and global ideological forces.	cache/csp-796.pdf	txt/csp-796.txt