Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Infrastructure, the Colonial Sublime, and Indirect Rule 16
6. 2 Unstable Objects: The Making of Radio in Nigeria 48
7. 3 Majigi, Colonial Film, State Publicity, and the Political Form of Cinema 73
8. 4 Colonialism and the Built Space of Cinema 123
9. 5 Immaterial Urbanism and the Cinematic Event 146
10. 6 Extravagant Aesthetics: Instability and the Excessive World of Nigerian Film 168
11. 7 Degraded Images, Distorted Sounds: Nigerian Video and the Infrastructure of Piracy 217
12. Conclusion 242
13. Notes 257
14. Bibliography 277
15. Index 301