African Intelligence Services in Film
Abstract
This chapter discusses intelligence services in sub-Saharan African countries, followed by an examination regarding the imaging of Africa and African people in Western film. Finally, the evaluation turns to how specific Western films portray African intelligence services. What emerges is a recognition that films about Africa are really films about how Western screenwriters, directors, and audiences perceive and represent Africa and Africans vis-à-vis neocolonial, Western people and culture—leading to inaccurate or underdeveloped narratives influenced by a neocolonial perspective.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cinema History and Criticism
Intelligence
Security
War Strategy
Cultural Studies and Colonialism
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 358–371
- Publication date
- 6 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter