Introduction: Courting and the Curiosity of Cinema in Addis Ababa
PART 1: THE HISTORY
1: Film Exhibition in Ethiopia
2: Film Production in Ethiopia
PART 2: THE FILMS
3: The “yefiker film/love film”
4: The Rise of the “assikiñ yefiker film/humorous love film”
5: Violence and Order in the “lib anteltay film/suspense film”
6: The Absence of Romance and the “yebeteseb film/family film”
PART 3: THE INDUSTRY
7: Promoting Amharic Film Genres
8: Producing Amharic Film Genres
9: Perceiving Amharic Film Genres
Conclusion: Of Fiker and Film
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