African Studies
HARD EARTHSociology Labor Studies African Studies
Against the current political backdrop of attacks on white-owned farms in Zimbabwe, this documentary investigates what life is like on one of these occupied farm estates.
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DECOLONIZATIONWorld History African Studies Political Science
Examines the process whereby former colonial territories have gained their independence
and the right to govern themselves. Archival footage, interviews and maps trace the
changes during the last three decades throughout Africa, Asia, the Carribean and the
Pacific.
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AFRICA RECOVERYPolitical Science Environmental Studies African Studies
Africa today is a continent beset by drought, famine, war and debt. In Zambia, a news reporter examines these problems and discusses potential solutions that might be applicable to the entire continent.
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APARTHEID
Examines apartheid as seen through the eyes of a young South African. It shows how the
majority of South Africans, who are black, are denied basic human rights, and discusses
UN initiatives against apartheid.
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SONGOLOLO: VOICES OF CHANGESociology Music Literature Dance Cultural Studies African Studies Directed by Women
Examines the role of black resistance to apartheid in South
Africa through a look at two of the nation's leading cultural
activists and popular performers--poet Mzwakhe Mbuli and writer/
performer Gcina Mhlophe.
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SENSE OF FREEDOM, ASociology Political Science African Studies
Examines Africa's smallest country, the Gambia, as one of only a few successful multi-
party democracies on the continent. Award-winning African journalist Hilton Fyle
surveys the social and economic reasons underlying this success, featuring interviews
with President Jawara and other government leaders, foreign and domestic investors and
businessmen, the EEC delegate to the Gambia, and the leader of the political opposition.
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SONG OF THE SPEARSociology Music Cultural Studies African Studies
Examines the role of culture in the struggle for national liberation in South Africa by
interspersing performances by the Amandla Cultural Ensemble with footage of the mass
singing of resistance songs on the streets of South Africa and interviews with leading
cultural workers of the African National Congress.
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AFTER THE BATTLEAfrican Studies Latin-American Studies Sociology Spanish Language Directed by Women Cuban Studies
In 1975, the first Cuban soldiers went to Angola to help defend that newly independent
government from invasion by South African troops. After nearly fourteen years of bitter
conflict, the Angolan War ended, Namibia was established as an independent state, and
Cuban and South African troops have returned home. Filmed on location in Angola, South
Africa and Cuba, this documentary examines the politics of the war from both sides and
features remarkable combat footage, archival material and interviews with Cuban and
South African soldiers as well as grieving families of those who died in the war.
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NAMIBIA: REBIRTH OF A NATIONSociology Political Science African Studies
After twenty-three years of armed struggle against South African occupation forces,
Namibia gained its independence in 1990. This video documents the challenges facing
Namibians in rebuilding a nation dispossessed by a lifetime of colonial domination and
devastated by decades of occupation.
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ISITWALANDWE: THE STORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN FREEDOM CHARTERAfrican Studies Political Science
Tells the story of the adoption of the South African Freedom Charter on June 26, 1955,
when over 3,000 delegates from every corner of South Africa gathered at Kliptown, near
Johannesburg, at the Congress of the People where the Charter, a blueprint for a future
non-racial and democratic South Africa, was unanimously adopted.
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MOZAMBIQUE: THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVALAfrican Studies Political Science Sociology
Examines the human tragedy unfolding in Mozambique, Africa's poorest nation, where
the civilian populace is not only threatened with full-scale famine but is also under siege
from RENAMO, a bloody terrorist army supported by South Africa.
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RECONCILIATION IN ZIMBABWEAfrican Studies Sociology Political Science Peace & Conflict
In 1980, following a fifteen-year-long guerilla struggle against the white-ruled government
of Rhodesia and a negotiated cease fire, ZANU leader Robert Mugabe was elected Prime
Minister of the newly independent nation of Zimbabwe. This documentary offers a
historical overview of these events and examines the first ten years of independence, with
a special focus on relations between white (minority) and black (majority) citizens.
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NO EASY WALK: ZIMBABWEAfrican Studies Anthropology Europe Political Science Sociology World History
Part of the No Easy Walk series, this video begins in March 1896
when the Ndebele people of what was then known as Rhodesia
rose in armed rebellion against European settlers such as
Cecil Rhodes, who had taken over much of their land in the
search for gold and other minerals.
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NO EASY WALK: KENYAAfrican Studies Anthropology Europe Political Science Sociology World History
Part of the No Easy Walk series, this video traces the history of
Kenya's opposition to white rule, from the arrival of the
first settlers in the 19th century to the Mau-Mau rebellion
in 1952, in which the struggle for land rights was central.
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NO EASY WALK: ETHIOPIAAfrican Studies Anthropology Europe Political Science Sociology World History
Part of the No Easy Walk series, this video begins with the Ethiopian
victory over the Italians in 1896 at the Battle of Andowa,
which confirmed Ethiopian independence to the European powers
and paved the way for Emperor Menelik's modernization program.
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ANY CHILD IS MY CHILDAfrican Studies Sociology Children & Young Adult
This documentary reveals the repression of children by the apartheid regime in South
Africa, where teenagers and children as young as seven years old are arrested on charges
such as "intimidation" or "stone-throwing," jailed, tortured, and sometimes killed.
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ERITREAAfrican Studies Architecture Art History Sociology Urban Studies Directed by Women
For nearly thirty years, in the longest ongoing war in Africa, the Eritrean people waged a
bitter struggle against the occupying forces of the Ethiopian government, which were
armed by the Soviet Union and Israel.
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THE LIBERIA TRAGEDYAfrican Studies Media Studies Political Science Sociology
Examines the recent political history of Liberia, from the 1980 military coup led by
Samuel Doe to the 1989 rebellion which ousted him from power and led to the Liberian
civil war.
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LIFE STORY OF AN AFRICAN INYANGAAfrican Studies Anthropology Biology Education Health Religion & Spirituality Short Films
A docu-drama portraying the selection and lifelong education of an Inyanga, an African
healer who dispenses traditional herbal remedies. The film examines the preparation and
use of traditional medicines, the diagnosis and treatment of patients, and the metaphysics
and cosmology of African beliefs regarding the powers of the Inyanga.
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DOMESTIC DIFFERENCESAfrican Studies Labor Studies Sociology
Examines the relationship between Francis Mcnam, a black domestic worker in Cape
Town, and her white employers, the Silberman family, graphically illustrating the vast
difference in the quality of life for blacks and whites in South Africa.
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