index 299Bolly wood (Indian) films, 261, 270; Hausa
video films as localization of, 125–131,
127, 147; Kany wood influenced by, 23,
120, 263; masala genre, 126; Nigerian au-
diences of, 16, 88; Nigerian remakes of,
15; pirated video copies of, 3; song-and-
dance routines in, 87, 123; stars of, 179
Bond, James (fictional character), 3, 22, 66,
67, 77, 78; appetite for women, 70; South
A frican impersonators of, 27
Bongo Beat (Tanzanian band), 229, 248
Bongo flava (Tanzanian pop music), 230,
232, 235, 236, 237, 246
Bongo movies, 151, 153, 264, 266; ambiva-
lence toward Nolly wood videos and,
170–171; elitist critique of, 268; global
movie flows and, 270; Nigerian films’
influence on, 162–165
Boom (magazine), 272n4 (chap. 2)
bori ritual, 21, 46, 54, 219; Babule spirits
integrated into, 31–32, 35; Bag wariya
(female bori spirit), 27, 27; French colo-
nial officials “aped” by, 33, 35; mediums
as “ horses” of the spirits, 38; possession
dances, 28–29
Borrowed Power: Essays on Cultural Appro-
priation (Ziff and Rao), 17
Botswana, 264
Britain, 251, 252
British Empire, 11, 42
Brown, Tony “Bomber,” 68
Buffalo Bill, 3
Buhari, Muhammadu, 179, 193, 196
Bukoba, M.V., sinking of, 4, 100, 103, 104,
116
Bunn, Stanley N., 61
Bush, George W., 178, 181, 189
Cahill, Mike, 225–226
Cameron, James, 1, 4, 18, 85, 92–93
Cameroon, 214, 276n7 (chap. 7)
camouflage, 11
Capitaine (military spirit), 44
capitalism, 92, 117, 193, 224
Caporal de Garde (military spirit), 44
Caporal Salma (Babule spirit), 272n1
(chap. 1)
Captain Devil (photo-novel character), 59
Captain Victor (photo-novel character), 61,
62, 62, 68
cargo cults, 36–37
Caribbean, popularity of Nollywood vid-
eos in, 80
Cats and £1,000,000, The (Spearman story),
68
censorship, 23, 121, 123–125, 133, 144, 147. See
also Kano State Censorship Board
Chandler, Raymond, 66
Chaplin, Charlie, 75
charity scams, 207, 211
Chase, James Hadley, 66
Chidebe, Mac-Collins, 186
Chite Ukae (Tanzanian film), 274n4
(chap. 5)
Christ in Me (Nigerian film), 153
Christianity and Christians, 114, 173; bin
Laden imagery and, 177, 186, 187; Chris-
tian migrants in northern Nigeria, 175–
176, 197, 198; Igbo, 180; Muslim military
dictators of Nigeria and, 193; religious
figures as icons, 197
Chunky Charlie (detective character),
272n2 (chap. 2)
cineromanzi (Italian film photo novels),
57, 79
Ciroki, 189, 190
class distinctions, 86, 90
Clegg, Johnny, 234, 276n7 (chap. 8)
code-switching, 89
Cohen, Robin, 230
Collins, John, 234
colonialism, 234, 249–250, 261
color symbolism, 48–49
Comaroff, Jean, 264
Comaroff, John, 264
comic books, 1, 2, 22, 71, 82, 84, 116; A meri-
can and British, 60; graphic novels and,
57; internet and, 80; youth culture and,- See also photo novels
Conceiving Cosmopolitanism (Vertovec and
Cohen), 230
Congo, Belgian, 3
Congo, Democratic Republic of the, 20,
111–115, 151