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African Studies

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A Garden Of Eden In Decay (The Africans Series)

GARDEN OF EDEN IN DECAY - More than 70 million Africans suffer from malnutrition while their countries export food to Europe. Economic and agricultural failures and successes are examined in Algeria, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. (Visual Education Centre, Canada)

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A Raisin in the Sun: Character Studies Conversations

Hosted by Eli Wallach, this program dissects Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun through the sharp insights of Joe Morton (Walter Lee Younger); Kim Yancey (Beneatha Younger); Phylicia Rashad (Lena Younger); Ruby Dee, Audra McDonald, Starletta DuPois, and Ernestine Jackson (Ruth Younger); Ralph Carter (Travis Younger); John Fiedler (Carl…

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A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony

It’s early afternoon, May 1, 1955 — and Donald McWilliams finds himself with other British soldiers in Ndyeia Gorge in central Kenya.

At their feet a Mau Mau fighter lies dying, mortally wounded by their gunfire.

Above them all, the vast skies of the Rift Valley.

McWilliams…

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Africa Is Calling

From SA's re-emergence on the sporting scene as the Apartheid system crumbled; to the massive infrastructure development happening today, 'Africa Is Calling' takes an exuberant look at South Africa's world cup fever. Seeing the realities of the World Cup through South African eyes, we take you onto the streets of…

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African Dance: Sand, Drum, and Shostakovich (2002)

This documentary explores African contemporary dance through eight modern dance companies from Africa, Europe and Canada that participated in the Festival International de Nouvelle Danse in Montreal, Canada in 1999. Interviews, including those with dance historians Yacouba Konate and Alponse Tierou, add insight to beautifully-photographed performances. What emerges is a…

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AfriCAN Solutions

 

The most comprehensive television series ever produced about African technology, innovation and ingenuity. An amazing journey into the heart of Africa; the birthplace of humanity, of tools…

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Agricultural Studies And Developing Countries

This program looks at the many uses of cassava and how it is helping the Cameroon economy. It then visits Bolivia and examines the ancient 'sukakollus' cultivation system which is being used again today. The program concludes with a look at the effect of world markets on the bean industry…

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An African Brass Band

At the beginning of the 20th century in Jacqueville, near Abidjan in the Côte d'Ivoire, traditional music was forbidden by the missionaries. But the inhabitants' enjoyment of their local festivals proved stronger, and the little town developed its own brass band.

This is the story of that brass band, a brass…

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Between The Oil & The Deep Blue Sea

Set in Mauritania this story follows the investigations of a respected Mauritanian and world renowned mathematician, Dr Yahya Hamidoune. The Professor, as he became known, introduces us to many Mauritanians, from government Ministers through to local people earning less than $1 a day, in his campaign against an Australian company…

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Between Two Fires: Torture and Displacement in Northern Uganda

Two decades of armed conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government in Northern Uganda, has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and regional instability. With nearly two million civilians displaced from their homes into so-called protected camps, Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) face heightened insecurity, appalling living conditions…

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Between Two Worlds: John Marshall (2001)

Legendary filmmaker John Marshall discusses his long career in a conversation with Cynthia Close, Executive Director of Documentary Educational Resources. John talks about his early experience in Africa and moves forward chronologically through his film work as a war correspondent in Cyprus then discusses his ground breaking films about the…

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Bhambatha: War of the Heads

In 1905, South Africa's British overlords set out to force the powerful Zulu nation to work on white farms. For Chief Bhambatha, the introduction of a poll tax to compel Zulus to do this, was the last straw. They had already been deprived of land, faced war and famine and…

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