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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Enjoying sameness and difference – competition and convergence of Latin American telenovelas and Swahili video films in Tanzania

Claudia Böhme

subject

Cultural StudiesLinguistics and LanguageLatin AmericansLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts0507 social and economic geography050701 cultural studiesLanguage and LinguisticsCompetition (economics)Political scienceSwahilibiologybusiness.industry05 social sciences06 humanities and the arts060202 literary studiesFilm industrybiology.organism_classificationEntertainment educationlanguage.human_languageTanzaniaEconomy0602 languages and literaturelanguageConvergence (relationship)businessMusic

description

Since the early 2000s Latin American telenovelas have become a very popular and widely received genre in Tanzania. At the same time, a huge video film industry has developed with local films made i...

https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2018.1552126