Imruh Bakari is a filmmaker/writer. Born in St. Kitts, he has since the 1960s, lived in the UK and East Africa. From 1999-2004 he was Festival Director of the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF). His published works include African Experiences of Cinema (co-ed. Mbye Cham, BFI, 1996), ‘The Role and Function of Film Festivals in Africa’ in Mano et al, African Film Cultures (Cambridge Scholars, 2017), ‘African film in the 21st Century: some notes to a provocation’ in Communication Cultures in Africa (CCA), Vol. 1, No. 1, December 2018, ‘Towards Reframing FESPACO’ in Black Camera, Vol.12 Number 1, Fall 2020; and the poetry collections Without Passport or Apology (Smokestack Books, 2017) and The Madman in this House (Smokestack Books, 2021). His film and television productions include: African Tales – Short Film Series (2005/2008) and Blue Notes and Exiled Voices (1991), He currently lectures in Film Studies at the University of Winchester.

‘The Role and Function of Film Festivals in Africa’ in Mano et al, African Film Cultures (Cambridge Scholars, 2017) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330689448_The_Role_and_Function_of_Film_Festivals_in_Africa
‘African film in the 21st Century: some notes to a provocation’ in Communication Cultures in Africa (CCA), Vol. 1, No. 1, December 2018 https://communicationculturesinafrica.com/articles/abstract/8/
http://doi.org/10.21039/cca.8
‘Towards Reframing FESPACO’ in Black Camera, Vol.12 Number 1, Fall 2020
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/blackcamera.12.1.26
https://doi.org/10.2979/blackcamera.12.1.26
Without Passport or Apology (Smokestack Books, 2017)
https://smokestack-books.co.uk/book.php?book=136
The Madman in this House (Smokestack Books, 2021)
https://smokestack-books.co.uk/book.php?book=213