African Studies
SOMEBODY'S CHILDRENAfrican Studies Children & Young Adult Sociology
Examines the plight of tens of thousands of children in South Africa who, driven by
poverty and dysfunctional family lives, struggle to live on city streets.
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OF COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCEAfrican Studies Sociology Psychology & Psychiatry Peace & Conflict
Features interviews with young people in South Africa, both white and black, who fought
on opposing sides during the country's era of apartheid rule, from youthful cadres
engaged in the liberation struggle and members of black township self-defense units
engaged in guerrilla war, to the white conscripts in the South African Army's border war
and young Afrikaners fearful of social change.
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RIVER NIGER, BLACK MOTHERAfrican Studies Anthropology Environmental Studies
This video traces the undulating route of the River Niger throughout West Africa, from its
source in the Republic of Guinea to Nigeria, and discusses how this majestic waterway, as
an essential communications and transport link, has molded the history and culture of the
region.
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THE MAGIC OF NIGERIASociology Performing Arts Death & Dying Anthropology African Studies
This video explores the vitality of ancient African traditions regarding the links between
life and death.
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TROKOSI: WIFE OF THE GODSAfrican Studies Anthropology Human Sexuality Religion & Spirituality Sociology Women's Studies
Examines the West African religious institution of trokosi, where young women are
chosen to serve an indefinite period of servitude for crimes committed long ago by their
grandparents and even great-grandparents.
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ZANDILE: IN THE LIGHT OF UBUNTUAfrican Studies Sociology Women's Studies
Examines the social and political struggle of South Africa's black community today, when
they must deal with the after-effects of decades of apartheid rule.
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CIA CASE OFFICER, THEAfrican Studies American Studies Political Science Cuban Studies
This video portrait of John "Bob" Stockwell, the son of Protestant missionaries, a former
Marine Corps officer and corporate manager, reveals the planning and shaping of a CIA
covert operation by focusing on his efforts to overthrow the newly-installed MPLA
government in Angola in 1975.
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TWENTY YEARS OF TELEVISION: SABC TVAfrican Studies Media Studies Political Science
Chronicles the controversial history of the South African Broadcasting Corporation,
which almost from its inception was characterized by management's political censorship
of the Documentary Department and the TV News Department's complicity with the
National Party and government security forces.
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EDUCATION: A BASIC HUMAN RIGHTEducation African Studies Sociology
Examines the educational crisis in South Africa, where the apartheid regime for decades
maintained two separate and unequal educational systems, one white and one black, with
the consequent miseducation of successive generations of black youth
and the destruction of untold human potential.
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SOWETO TO BERKELEYAfrican-American Studies American History American Studies African Studies Peace & Conflict Political Science Sociology
Examines the Anti-Apartheid Movement at the University of California at Berkeley
during 1985-86, which led to similar student protests nationwide.
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CIMARRONESAfrican-American Studies African Studies Latin-American Studies Sociology Spanish Language
This docudrama explores the little known situation of African slaves in Latin America in
the 19th century, depicting life in runaway slave communities.
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WHO'S GONNA TAKE THE WEIGHT?: AFRICAN AMERICAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN YOUTHAfrican-American Studies African Studies New York City Peace & Conflict Children & Young Adult
This provocative documentary blends interviews with young black people in New York
City and in Soweto, South Africa, focusing on the similarities and the contrasts between
the lives of black teenagers in both countries.
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