FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, African Studies

VH 7152 Afar Tribe, The: A Bride's Story
Summary: This segment provides an introduction to the Afar by recording two major life events: the arranged marriage of a most reluctant bride and the initiation of a nervous would be warrior. 054 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: LAST WARRIORS, THE

VH 4328 Africa, A History Denied
Summary: Trek inland to the remote site of Great Zimbabwe, a fabulous "lost city, " which reached the height of its glory in the 14th century. Then, sift through the sands of time to uncover the equally splendid culture of Africa's Swahili Coast. The fabulously wealthy center of the thriving gold and ivory trades until the 16th century, its cities now lie all but forgotten, buried under centuries of indifference. Reclaiming their past from a long tradition of racial prejudice and neglect, the descendants of these lost cultures are only now discovering the extraordinary achievements of Africa's indigenous civilizations. 048 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, EARLY CIVILIZATION Series: LOST CIVILIZATIONS

VH 7608 Africa, Africas
Summary: Fanatacoca: Presents the cultural phenomenon of skin bleaching in Cameroon and the challenge it is now posing on notions of black pride and identity. The River Between Us: Documents the effects of war on a community of Ethiopian women and children who were forcibly relocated into refugee camps. Laffi Bala: Demonstrates the causes of wide spread unemployment and poverty in Burkina Faso, where few institutional resources and government support available, and the debilitating effects this is having on women and youth. 062 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 0555 Africa Before the Europeans (100-1500)
Summary: Many great civilizations and empires rose and fell in Africa leaving great cultural heritage. The gradual spread of the Bantu peoples from their homeland in the Cameroons displaced the hunting people of the south making agriculture and animal herding the main pursuit of the rural people. 030 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: WORLD HISTORY Series: WORLD, THE

VH 4806 Africa Dreaming
Summary: Africa Dreaming is a landmark in African television, a series drawing together for the first time broadcasters, television producers, film directors and writers from across the continent. It is designed to give Africans a rare opportunity to speak directly to each other in their own words and images. Directed by Richard Pakleppa. 104 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 6066 Africa I Remember, A Musical Synthesis of Two Cultures
Summary: British born Tunde Jegede tells of his introduction to the kore, or African harp-lute, and his travels to Gambia for intensive study of the instrument and its music, which he then blends with Western instrumentation in compositions which partake of African and European musical cultures, notably, his "The Cycle of Reckoning, " performed by the London Sinfonietta. 030 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 2884 Africa: Continent of Contrasts
Summary: The world's second largest continent offers a wide variety of landscapes, and people have adapted to them in as many different ways. From ancient civilizations to the last big game herds, there is a lot to see in Africa. 035 Min. VIDEO Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 4161 Africa: Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
Summary: Tunisia, a diverse nation of open-minded people, is also predominantly Muslim. Women, however, share equal rights with men and hold jobs from police officers to airline pilots. In Libya, the UN is attempting to stamp out the killer screwworm fly before it spreads throughout Africa, southern Europe, and Asia. A third segment documents Egypt's ongoing struggle to balance its growing population with limited resources and land mass. 031 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS, SOCIOLOGY Series: OUR DEVELOPING WORLD

VH 3754 Africa: What's In It for the United States
Summary: A panel of experts discusses various aspects of the United States and its relations with Africa. 120 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 6919 African-American Century
Summary: Professor Cornel West, co-author with Henry Louis Gates of The African-American Century, discusses the book published by Free Press. The book offers a series of profiles of several influential black Americans and focuses on how African-American culture has shaped the American experience over the past century. Following his remarks he answered questions from the audience. 145 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN

VH 6410 African and African American Religions
Summary: Explores the cultural diversity of Africa through its many religions. Discusses how shared elements of various customs serve as unifying threads across tribes, centuries and even continents. Looks at the oral traditions, myths, music and ceremonies, and how African-American Christianity, Haiti's Voodoo and Cuba's Santeria have been influenced by Christianity and traditional African religions. 050 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN Series: RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD

VH 7985 African Recovery, An
Summary: A documentary focusing on new efforts being made by rural development planners and ordinary citizens in Niger in the Sahel Region of Africa to find ways to minimize the risk of repeated catastrophic drought which plagued West Africa during the early and mid-1980's. In addition, efforts are underway to reeducate the nomad tribes to useful lives in the cities and villages. 027 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 6086 Aids in Africa
Summary: Describes the war on AIDS in Africa, primarily in central Africa, where the disease cuts across the entire population, affecting men and women of reproductive age and their children, striking a continent already wracked by underdevelopment, civil strife and corruption. 052 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: SOCIOLOGY

VH 2705 Allah Tantou (God's Will)
Summary: David Achkar reconstructs his father's life which closely parallels the rise and fall of Africa's own hopes for independence. Marof Achkar became a prominent figure in Sekou Toure's post colonial government, Guinea's U.N. ambassador and an articulate international spokesman for African causes. Recalled to Conakry in 1968, he was imprisoned and secretly executed in 1971. Director Achkar, David. 062 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION, BIOGRAPHY Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 1741 Angano...Angano (Tales from Madagascar)
Summary: (Magasy and French with English subtitles). Venerable but unmistakably contemporary storytellers recount for the camera and their listeners the founding myths of Malagasy culture-the creation of man and woman, the origin of rice cultivation, the reason for animal sacrifice. Director: Cesar Paes. 064 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 2387 Apartheid's Last Stand
Summary: Examines how President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela have pushed through the peace process, detailing their maneuvers and strategy and what had led both leaders to major compromises in negotiating the end of white minority rule in South Africa. 057 Min. VIDEO 1992 Series: FRONTLINE

VH 5331 Artists Unknown: The Search for African History
Summary: In this documentary, Lonnie James, a young British man of African descent, journeys to the war shattered central African kingdom of Benin to discover the origins of a carved mask purchased in London. He uncovers a tale of early African civilization, the looting of treasures and suppression of traditions by colonial powers, and the amazing persistence of an African artistic vision within a colonial culture. His mission becomes a quest to better understand the essence of Africa itself. 050 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: ART

VH 7766 Ashakara
Summary: In this modern African tale set in Togo, an African doctor finds a cure to a deadly virus and decides to mass produce the drug at low cost in Africa. However, a pharmaceutical multinational does not want the doctor to succeed and sends an agent to Africa, first to buy the drug, then to destroy it. A film by Gerard Louvin. 094 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2912 Ashanti Kingdom (Ghana), The
Summary: The Ashanti are the best-known tribe of Ghana, comprising around 2 million of the country's 12 million inhabitants. All of the Ashanti kings belong to the Oyoko Dako clan, the clan of chieftains. This program explains the strict hierarchal organization of the Ashanti village, the importance of the kente garment, the naming of children, the Ashanti religious beliefs, the importance of traditional values and festivals. 014 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 5208 Baboon Tales
Summary: The story is from birth through the first year of life in the almost decade long journey to baboon adulthood. Baboons are intensely social animals, weaving a shifting web of relationships with family, friends and enemies. Based on the real life experiences of five infants, the film follows these characters through their triumphs and tragedies. 052 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY

VH 7144 Battle For The Minds
Summary: Explores the tensions within the Southern Baptist Convention(SBC), in regard to the role of women in the church and the ordination of women in particular, by tracing changes in the leadership of the S.B.C. and also the "conservative takeover" of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. 053 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 2597 Becoming a Woman in Okrika
Summary: This video documents a coming of age ritual in a village in the Niger Delta. It suggests the conflict Third World women face between traditions and the values of the modern world. 027 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 0707 Bible And The Gun, The/This Magnificent African Cake
Summary: Series title "AFRICA, " VH 705-708. Part 1, "The Bible And The Gun." The slave trade decimated the African population and tore the fabric of society. Then new kinds of interlopers came: explorers, missionaries, and Cecil Rhodes. Part 2, "his Magnificent African Cake." A 30-year "scramble for Africa, " begun in the 1880's, dramatically changed the continent. Nearly all of Africa became subject to colonial rule until WWII. 114 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN Series: AFRICA

VH 5278 Bitter Melons
Summary: Focuses on the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa to underscore the difficulty of survival in an area where game is scarce because water holes are dry most of the year. Includes a musician performing original compositions about animals, the land, and social life. Highlights traditional music, dances and children's games. 030 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 1883 Black Athena
Summary: "Black Athena" offers a devastating indictment of 19th century scholars' systematic denial of the connections between Greece and the non-European cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean. It explores the heated debate around Prof. Martin Bernal's iconoclastic book on the African origins of Greek culture. 052 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: EARLY CIVILIZATION

VH 5821 Black Kingdoms of the Nile / The Swahili Coast
Summary: This documentary presents Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on a journey from Zanzibar to Timbuktu, the Nile River Valley to Great Zimbabwe, the slave coast of Guinea to the medieval monasteries of Ethiopia in search of the lost wonders of the African world. 120 Min. VIDEO 1999 Series: WONDERS OF THE AFRICAN WORLD

VH 7773 Boma-Tervuren, Le Voyage
Summary: Revisits the extraordinary and tragic saga of 267 Congolese brought to Brussels for the 1897 World's Fair, and the question: How is the conception about the Africans different today? Directed by Francis Dujardin. In French with English subtitle. 054 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 4919 Brotherly Love
Summary: In Philadelphia, during the first 50 years of the new nation, freedmen and fugitive slaves push the country to live up to the promises made in its Constitution. But with the invention of the cotton gin, slavery expands into America's western frontier, and a revolution in Haiti inspires slave rebellions throughout the southern United States. 090 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY Series: AFRICANS IN AMERICA

VH 3635 Cameroon
Summary: Sometimes referred to as "Africa in Miniature, " Cameroon is a land of great geographic and cultural contrast. From the savannahs of the extreme north to the equatorial rain forests of the south and west, Cameroon's land reflects the rich diversity of Africa's geography. Home to over 200 linguistic or ethnic groups, Cameroon is also culturally diverse. Focuses on daily life in Cameroon as experienced by Peace Corps Volunteers who live and work in the communities of Andek, Ambam, and Bogo. 020 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 7760 Camp de Thiaroye
Summary: A powerful, fact-based film which deals with the dilemma of African troops in the French army at the end of World War II, a turning point in African history when the colonial myth of white superiority began to collapse and an African consciousness emerged. When Senegalese infantrymen returning home from fighting are placed in a transit camp, a dispute over petty regulations escalates into full-scale rebellion, culminating in a massacre. A film by Sembene Ousmane. 148 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7863 Candombe
Summary: Fernando Nunez, a black man, a musician, and a maker of drums, sees himself as the heir to "Candombe", an important social and cultural legacy from his slave forefathers in Uruguay. However, the official history and culture of Uruguay continues to marginalize expressions of black culture. He fights to keep these important cultural roots alive. 017 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 0706 Caravans of Gold/Kings and Cities
Summary: Series title "AFRICA, " VH 705-708. Part 1, Caravans of Gold. Basil Davidson traces the roots of the medieval gold trade which reached from Africa to India, China, and Italy and examines its influence on the African continent. Part 2, Kings and Cities. Kano, Nigeria, is one example of an African kingdom. There, a king still holds court in his 15th-century palace, and ancient rituals continue to command the respect of the people. 114 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN Series: AFRICA

VH 7591 Caryl Phillips
Summary: Caryl Phillips was born in St. Kitts, West Indies, and has published five works of fiction which present different perspectives of the African diaspora and explore the anatomy of slavery with stylistic virtuosity and memorable characters who tell the stories of those who survived slavery. He reads from his work "Crossing the River", followed by an interview where he discusses characterization, belonging to two cultures, and modern English literature by authors from former British colonies. Interview by Pico Iyer. 060 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN , CARIBBEAN STUDIES, WRITERS

VH 6440 Child Brides, The
Summary: This program travels to the most rural and poverty-stricken regions of Ethiopia to expose the common practice of child brides and the consequences for the young girls who often give birth before their bodies are mature. 052 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: SOCIOLOGY

VH 1197 Chinua Achebe
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe who discusses the West's often inaccurate portrayal of Africa and how it is the African Storyteller's obligation to be the collective memory of the African people. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, WRITERS Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 5809 Chinua Achebe: Africa's Voice
Summary: This program analyzes the impact of Chinua Achebe and his writings have had on world literature, as well as his influence as an editor and a spokesman for a generation of African writers. 061 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: WRITERS

VH 6372 Chronicle of a Savanna Marriage
Summary: A unique view of the life and culture of the Masai people in Africa. Follows the life of a young woman in the Masai culture of southern Kenya. Considers puberty rites as well as female circumcision and polygamy. 056 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AWARD WINNING FILMS AND VIDEOS

VH 0739 Chuck Davis, Dancing Throughout West Africa
Summary: Chuck Davis and his American Dance Ensemble participate in a portrait of West African dance and village life filmed on a visit to three regions of Senegambia. 028 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: DANCE

VH 0212 Clash of Cultures, The
Summary: Based on the book: "The Africans, a Triple Heritage" by Ali A. Mazrui. Discusses the conflicts and compromises which emerge from the coexistence of many African traditions and modern life. Explores the question of whether African can synthesize its own heritage with the legacies of Islam and the West. 060 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AFRICANS, THE

VH 0740 Classified People
Summary: The effects of apartheid and its provision of race classification on individuals and families are explored in conversations with colored South Africans. 055 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 7855 Countdown to Freedom: Ten Days That Changed South Africa
Summary: Examines a critical moment of South African history in the days leading up to the country's first multi-racial democratic election, from April 23 to May 2, 1994, and the election of Nelson Mandela as President, with background on key people and historical events. Narrated by James Earl Jones and Alfre Woodard. 097 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 6662 Cry Freetown
Summary: Award-winning cameraman Sorious Samura returns to Sierra Leone to expose the horror of his country's civil war. In January 1999, the rebel forces attacked Freetown, the capital, killing thousands of civilians. 028 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 4606 Dakan
Summary: When Sori and Manga tell their parents they are in love, they respond that boys don't do that. The families try to "cure" their sons by separating them. The two sons try to live heterosexual lives. But they inevitably reunite. Director: Mohamed Camara. 087 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 3275 Dark Passages
Summary: Shot on location in West Africa and in Virginia, DARK PASSAGES tells the story of impact of the Atlantic slave trade. Using a mixture of interviews, slave narratives, and dramatization, this program takes the viewer from the "Door of No Return" in the House of Slaves on Goree Island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, to the village of Jufurreh on the Gambia River. Jufurreh is the ancestral home of Alex Haley of "Roots" fame. Narrated by Tanya Hart. 060 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN

VH 8166 The Day I Will Never Forget
Summary: Examines the practice of female genital circumcism in Kenya and the pioneering African women who are bravely reversing the tradition. Focuses on the stories of women and girls to mediate and personalize this fiercely debated practice. 090 Min. VIDEO 2002

VH 0705 Different But Equal/Mastering A Continent
Summary: Series title "AFRICA, " VH 705-708. Part 1, "Different But Equal." For centuries Africa was ravaged by the slave trade, which has distorted our view of its people. Basil Davidson shows that Africa gave rise to some of the world's greatest civilizations. Part 2, "Mastering a Continent." Looking closely at three different communities, Davidson examines the way African peoples carve out an existence in an often hostile environment. 114 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN Series: AFRICA

VH 2790 Digging for Slaves: The Excavation of American Slave Sites
Summary: Between the 16th and 19th centuries, some ten million Africans were kidnaped and transported as slaves to America. Now archaeologists are digging up American slave sites for the first time, unearthing the realities of slave life and discovering the contributions of enslaved Africans to American society. This program provides many fascinating and surprising details at excavations of 18th-century slave quarters on Middletown Plantation near Charleston. 050 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN

VH 7148 Dinak Tribe, The: Man of the Men
Summary: This segment profiles the warriors of the White Nile, a tribe that others call Dinka but that calls itself Moinjang: Man of the Men. Wedding negotiations, which involve a bride price usually paid in cattle, are highlighted, along with a traditional high stakes contest to be the fattest man in the land. The impacts of Sudan's civil war and of a thriving slave trade, intensified by famine and extreme poverty, are also discussed. 053 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: LAST WARRIORS, THE

VH 6590 Divine Carcasse
Summary: Half fictional, half ethnographic, the film is a study in cultural contrasts, between a desacralized, materialistic European view of reality and an animist, pre-industrial African one. It follows the physical and metaphysical progress of a 1955 Peugeot automobile imported to Benin, Africa, by a European expatriate. Directed by Dominic Loreau. 060 Min. VIDEO 1998 Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 5621 East Africa: Pathway to Growth
Summary: Documentary film covering the economic recovery, with the help of the IMF, in the East African countries of Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda. 047 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ECONOMICS Series: ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN AFRICA

VH 4637 Ebola: The Plague Fighters
Summary: When a dreaded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus swept through a remote region of Zaire in May, 1995, NOVA was the only film crew permitted in the "Hot Zone." Spending a total of four weeks in the quarantined city of Kikwit, the result is unprecedented journalistic coverage of this grim battle against one of the world's deadliest diseases. 060 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 6943 Egypt During the Golden Age: When Black Men Ruled the World
Summary: Covers the African origin of the human race, the chronology of civilization in the Nile Valley from 3400 to 2181 B.C., and the influence of these cultures on the ancient and modern world. Explains the origins of the ancient Egyptians and provides historical overview of the pre-dynastic and early dynastic period, covers the Egyptian social structure and discusses the pyramids, hieroglyphic writing and Egyptian medical science. 059 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 3571 End of Empires, The
Summary: This program looks at the end of European imperialism and colonial rule in Asia and Africa. Looking back at the splendor of the European empires in their heyday, the program explains how independence movements gathered strength to eventually overthrow the colonial powers, and the severe political and economic difficulties that often accompanied independence. 048 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES, AFRICAN -AMERICAN, ASIAN STUDIES Series: HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY

VH 0746 Faces in a Famine
Summary: Documents the Ethiopian drought through a survey of the main character s in the tragedy: starving citizens, relief workers, journalists, and preening disaster groupies. 051 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: SOCIOLOGY , SOCIAL WORK

VH 0950 Fela in Concert
Summary: Fela is the most celebrated Black African musician today, and a politician who represents the uprising of Black Africa. His music combines the influences of such jazz musicians as Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Miles Davis. This produces a new musical style called Afro-Beat, akin to Jazz-Rock, but with deep African roots. 057 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: JAZZ

VH 1739 Finzan (A Dance for the Heroes)
Summary: The story of two women's rebellion. These two women's desire to control their own lives threatens the traditions of male supremacy in the village. Customs which had bound the community together now serve to drive out these women one into exile, the other possibly to her death. Director: Cheick Sissoku. 107 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION , DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 2711 Fire Eyes: Female Circumcision
Summary: Explores the socioeconomic, psychological, and medical consequences of this ancient custom which affects more than 80 million women worldwide. In this film several women who have been subject to this "rite of passage" voice varying points of view on perpetuating the practice. Testimony from doctors detail the various forms of female circumcision and the horrendous ob/gyn problems that result. 060 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 4604 Flame
Summary: Flame is the story of two close friends, Florence and Nyasha, whose involvement in the war of liberation leads to very different outcomes. In 1975, while still teenagers they join the Zimbabwean freedom struggle, at its camps in Mozambique. Florence assumes the name Flame, while Nyasha takes Liberty. We watch as they grow into confident women, training as soldiers and learning about their political rights. Director: Ingrid Sinclair. 085 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 3613 Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Summary: The film follows Fanon from his birth in 1925 on the French island of Martinique, through his medical training in France and subsequent disillusionment which resulted in "Black Skin, White Mask." Leaving France, Fanon worked at a psychiatric hospital in Algeria where he joined the turbulent liberation struggle then underway and wrote "The Wretched Earth, " recognized as "the bible of the decolonization movement." Fanon died of leukemia in 1961 as nations across Africa were winning the independence for which he fought. 050 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: SOCIOLOGY , BIOGRAPHY

VH 0211 Garden of Eden in Decay? A
Summary: Based on the book: "The Africans, a Triple Heritage" by Ali A. Mazrui. Identifies the problems of a continent that produces what it does not consume and consumes what it does not produce. Show's Africa's struggle between economic dependence and decay. 060 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AFRICANS, THE

VH 5835 Garifuna Journey, The
Summary: Presents the rich culture and fascinating trajectory of the Garifuna of Belize, descendants of Carib Indians and Africans who successfully resisted slavery. This celebratory documentary presents their history from both the outsider and insider vantage points. 047 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: CARIBBEAN STUDIES, DANCE

VH 1736 Getting the Story
Summary: Why did it take so long for Western television to cover the famine in Ethiopia? 029 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: CONSUMING HUNGER

VH 8137 Glimpses Of West Africa: French
Summary: A travelogue of West Africa in which the viewer visits modern Abjidan with its four lane highways, tropical arboretums, canals and bustling university campus; goes by bus to rural Korhogo in Northern Cote d'Ivoire; stops along the route for a meal of foutou; drops by a peanut farm in Senegal; meets students, teachers and performers in Mali and listens to the verses of Malian poets. 032 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 0213 Global Africa
Summary: Based on the book: "The Africans, a Triple Heritage" by Ali A. Mazrui. Illustrates African contributions to contemporary culture, including the significance of the African diaspora, and examines the continuing influence of the superpowers on the affairs of Africa. 060 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AFRICANS, THE

VH 3719 Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho
Summary: Focuses on four Basotho women of Lesotho, a small mountainous country within South Africa that is economically dependent on South African industry. Although most Basotho men, and often up to 60% at one time, have worked as migrant laborers in South Africa's gold mines, apartheid laws forbid these women and their children to enter South Africa. They live as practical widows, three in a remote mountain village, while the fourth, Sheila Nkueve, has moved to the capital Maseru, to look for work. Each tells of her life, coping alone, caught in the inhumane web of South Africa's oppressive system. 052 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN

VH 4858 Great Pyramids, The
Summary: Who build the pyramids? Where they designed only as royal tombs? How were they built to such precise measurements? The Great Pyramids of Gaza remain the world's most perplexing enigma. For over 4, 000 years they have withstood t he sands of time, casting a spell that even science can not break. 050 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 6399 Growing Up African American: Gaining an Appreciation of your
Summary: Ancient African civilizations--The contributions that Africans made to the world--Accurate history and appreciating your cultural heritage--The influence that Africans played on America--Conclusion. 016 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN Series: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

VH 4804 Gamba the Tyrant
Summary: Through the story of the downfall of Gamba, the tyrant, similar fates for the many dictators who still pillage the continent of Africa are foreshadowed. Gamba tyrannizes a once prosperous trading city through arbitrary terror and the misuse of occult powers, a recurrent theme in West African literature. Directed by Ibrahima Toure. 094 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 7149 Hamar and Karo Tribes, The: The Search for Ming
Summary: This segment looks at Ethiopia's closely allied Hamar and Karo who share many practices that help to sustain their traditional lifestyles. Examines the world of these warrior peoples through their attentiveness toward mingi, or im perfection and the bullah, a coming of age ceremony in which a young man hurdles a group of tethered bulls after a female relative, in a demonstration of respect for him, has invited other male family members to whip her. 053 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: LAST WARRIORS, THE

VH 7795 Heart Of Darkness
Summary: Motion picture drama which takes place in Africa's Congo jungles. Directed by Nicolas Roeg. 105 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7858 Hero For All, A: Nelson Mandela's Farewell
Summary: Chronicles Nelson Mandela's 1998 farewell tour through the United States and Canada before he stepped down as President. 060 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 4004 Hunters, The
Summary: The Kalahari Bushmen of Southwest Africa wage a constant war for survival against the hot, arid climate and the unyielding soil. The focus of "The Hunters" is on four men who undertake a hunt to obtain meat for the hungry villagers. In intimate picture of a people who possess a highly developed sense of social responsibility and strong emotional bonds. 072 Min. VIDEO 1958 Subject: SOCIOLOGY , ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 3798 Hyenas Hyenas
Summary: Director Djibril Diop Mambety brilliantly adapts Swiss dramatist Frederich Durrenmatt's celebrated parable of human greed, The Visit of the Old Woman, in to a biting satire of today's Africa - betraying the hopes of independence for the false promises of Western materialism. 113 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 3718 I Have A Problem, Madam
Summary: Vanessa came to the legal aid clinic because she and her children were left homeless and destitute by her husband. After 30 years of marriage, he had sent her away and taken another woman into their home. In Uganda today, this little a woman in Vanessa's position can do. Traditionally a man can have as many wives as he can afford. Women have no possessions and depend totally on their husbands for their livelihoods. Western influence has slowly begun to change the attitudes of both men and women, but this slow process sometimes leads to conflicts between official and traditional law. 059 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 6920 Impact of Hip-Hop Culture on Politics and Society
Summary: A panel discussion on hip-hop and African American political empowerment. Participants talked about the cultural impact of hip-hop music, the expressions of strong language and depictions of violence in the music, and the use of the art form as political expression. This forum was part of the Hip-Hop Summit, held in New York City, June 12-13, 2001. Panelists include members from the Congressional Black Caucus. 110 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN

VH 0210 In Search of Stability
Summary: Based upon the book: "The Africans, a Triple Heritage" by Ali A. Mazrui. Gives an overview of the several means of governing in Africa. Examines new social orders to illustrate an Africa in search of a viable form of government in post independence period. 060 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AFRICANS, THE

VH 6063 In the Name of God: Helping Circumcised Women
Summary: This film takes us to the Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), one of the few places giving medical care to victims of infibulation. Here recovered patients are even trained to assist doctors in repairing damages to other women. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 0747 Increase and Multiply?
Summary: Documentary concerning the human and environmental consequences of overpopulation in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Argues that cutbacks in U.S. sponsored family planning programs have harmed the health and well-being of Third World countries. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, ASIAN STUDIES, LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 6679 Ipi Ntombi
Summary: Re-make of the musical Ipi Ntombi. A Johannesburg mine worker sings of his love for the girl back home and his sense of separation from his tribal roots. 090 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 1239 Italian-Ethiopian War/ Spanish Civil War
Summary: 1. Focuses on Mussolini's Italy, his dreams of an empire and his costly invasion of Ethiopia. 2. Examines fascist Spain and the Spanish Civil War. 052 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, WORLD HISTORY Series: BETWEEN THE WARS

VH 4920 Judgement Day
Summary: As the nation expands westward, slavery becomes the most divisive issue in American life. Abolitionists struggle to bring the institution down and the nation is tested as never before. When tensions over slavery erupt into violence, Americans are forced to consider how long the country can continue as a democracy built on the profits of bondage. 090 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY Series: AFRICANS IN AMERICA

VH 0759 Kalahari Desert People, The
Summary: For thousands of years Bushmen have survived in central Africa's Kalahari Desert by hunting and gathering. Anthropologist John Marshall examines how the land and the people are changing as the Kalahari becomes cattle country. 024 Min. VIDEO 1975 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 4805 Keita: The Heritage of the Griot
Summary: Keita introduces Americans to one of the most important works of African oral literature, The Sundjata Epic. The film frames its dramatization of this legend within the story of a contemporary young African's initiation into the history of his family. In Jula and French with English subtitles. Directed by: Dani Kouyate. 094 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 8174 Kenya: The Masai Homeland
Summary: Video is part of a series that explores that explores the unique cultures, marvels of nature, indigenous peoples and remote lands of Africa. This video segment explores Kenya, the home of the Masai Mara. 025 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 7846 King Does Not Lie, The: The Initiation Of The Priest...
Summary: Full title, "The King Does Not Lie: The Initiation of the Priest of Shango". Shows the ritual and ceremony associated with the initiation of a priest of Shango, the Thundergod of the traditional Yoruba religion. Takes place in a contemporary Puerto Rican community among New World practitioners of the ancient religion, Santeria. 044 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 7265 Kung San, The
Summary: Using film footage from 1978 through 1986, this video shows some of the dramatic changes in lifestyle and subsistence which the Juhoansi have undergone since their days of traditional gathering and hunting. 023 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 5708 Language You Cry In, The
Summary: Recounts the remarkable saga of how African-Americans retained links with their African past through a song, a burial hymn of the Mende people brought by slaves to the rice plantations of the Southeast coast more than two hundred years ago. Directed by Alvaro Toepke and Angel Serrano. 053 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 7990 Last Angel of History, The
Summary: Explores the relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, space exploration, and computer technology. Included are interviews with black cultural figures, from musicians, actors and writers, to astronauts and cultural critics. 045 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ART, WRITERS

VH 0206 Legacy of Lifestyles, A
Summary: Based on the book: "The Africans, a Triple Heritage" by Ali A. Mazrui. This program explores what constitutes family in African culture. It examines matrilineal, patrilineal, and polygamous traditions as well as the impact of modern cities on family ties. 060 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AFRICANS, THE

VH 3637 Lesotho
Summary: Takes viewers to the southern cone of Africa to visit the mountain kingdom of Lesotho. Often referred to as "The Roof of Africa, " the country consist mainly of rugged mountains rising more than 11, 000 feet above sea level. In fact, the lowlands and foothills, in which most of the nation's one and a half million people live, comprise less than one third of the country's land. 022 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 7988 Life and Times of Sara Baartman, The
Summary: A documentary film of the life a Khoikhoi woman who was taken from the British Cape Colony in South Africa in 1810 and exhibited as a freak across Britain. The image and ideas for "The Hottentot Venus" (particularly the interest in her sexual anatomy) swept through British popular culture. A court battle waged by abolitionists to free her from her exhibitors failed. In 1814, a year before her death, she was taken to France and became the object of a scientific research that formed the bedrock of European ideas about black female sexuality. 052 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 6368 Long Tears, The- An Ndebele Story
Summary: This program, seen through the eyes of one family, documents five years in the life of a South African tribe, the Ndebele, exploring their art, culture and traditions. It shows the famous Ndebele wall art and dress traditions and puts them in the context of the new South Africa. Tribe member Francina Ndimande is an internationally recognized mural artist, as is her daughter Angelina. The film explores the rituals and traditions associated with the rites of passage of both men and women. Also traces the history of the Ndebele defeat in war against the Boers and their subsequent enslavement and mistreatment at the hands of the Boer farmers. 052 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 6969 Maasai And Agents Of Change, The
Summary: The Maasai population in Kenya, as filmed and narrated by a Maasai. Film depicts the lifestyles and colorful ceremonies of the Maasai culture, and how outside forces want to impose a money economy and land privatization upon the traditional pastoral and nomadic life of the Maasai. 032 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: ECONOMICS, SOCIOLOGY

VH 8264 The Magic Of Nigeria
Summary: Explores the vitality of ancient African traditions regarding the links between life and death. Illustrates the variety of both contemporary and traditional art forms (sculpture, carvings, paintings, bead portraits, dance, funeral ceremonies and other related rituals) that maintain these links in the religious, artistic and daily life of the people of Nigeria. 029 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: ART

VH 0886 Maids and Madams
Summary: Examines Apartheid through the complex relationship between black household workers and white employers, reflecting a microcosm of the racial issues dividing South Africa. 054 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 2749 Mama Awethu!
Summary: Follows the day to day lives of five black South African women in the townships around Cape Town, revealing the unhuman legacy of the apartheid system. Evelyn, once an African National Congress branch secretary, lives in a squatter location called Philippi and works as a cleaning woman. Iris, also from Philippi, is a member of the ANC Women's League who is involved in community politics. 053 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 3057 Mama Benz - An African Market Woman
Summary: The colorful markets of Africa are often dominated by strong older women. They control price and determine who can buy their goods. These imperious women rule the market and are treated with deference. Thanks to their business acumen, they have amassed a great deal of wealth, which they often spend on material possessions. These women are affectionately referred to as Mama Benz. Why? Because each one has as her trademark a prized possession. 048 Min. VIDEO Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 0741 Mama, I'm Crying: Patience Turns to Activism in South Africa
Summary: Contrasts the attitude towards change of two generations in South Africa. It begins as a personal journey of two friends, now middle aged. Joyce Seroke is black; Betty Wolpert is white. Both were born in Johannesburg, South Africa & their fathers worked for a mining company. Yet, they might as well have come from different countries, so different was their experience growing up. 055 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 0758 Man Made Famine
Summary: When a New Internationalist staff writer noticed that African food production fell despite weather conditions, he and fellow journalists went to investigate. Their conclusions show that the social custom which makes women produce 80% of the food while maintaining the house and providing child care, plus using agricultural land to produce cash crops for export, were bigger factors in African famine than the weather. 060 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT

VH 5314 Mandabi
Summary: A story about a man who receives a money order that threatens to destroy the traditional fabric of his life is used to point out the problems of modern Africa as a civilization struggling to recapture its own rich heritage after colonial corruption. 092 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 1340 Mandela
Summary: The story of Nelson and Winnie Mandela is about one couple standing for a whole nation's political history. It is a stirring tale of passion and reason in a land still divided by racial prejudice and hate. Director: Philip Saville. 135 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7857 Mandela in America
Summary: The authorized behind-the-scenes look at Nelson Mandela's U.S. Freedom Tour. Provides an insider's view of the most memorable public and private moments of his trip and his message on the fight against apartheid. 090 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 3959 Mandela: From Prison to President
Summary: This portrait of Nelson Mandela shows us the man-truly a hero of our times-within the context of the times and the problems they present. After 27 years in prison and a life dedicated to the liberation of black South Africans, Mandela became President. What toll has this unswerving devotion and cruel imprisonment taken on Mandela the man? Through the testimony of his most intimate friends and family, a very personal picture emerges: his estranged wife Winnie recalls their courtship and the anguish of their failed marriage. His daughter Zinzi, describes her continuing bitterness at how apartheid destroyed her family; Arch bishop Desmond Tutu and other friends and colleagues reveal the human being behind what has become the Mandela myth. 052 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: BIOGRAPHY, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 1745 Mapantsula (Hustler)
Summary: (Zulu, subtitled in English). Thomas Mogotlane. Directed by Oliver Schmitz. Mogotlane plays Panic, a petty township hoodlum whose "looking out for number one" attitude undergoes a gradual change as he finds himself caught up in forces that are too large for him to ignore. 104 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 6390 Masai in the Modern World
Summary: Looks at the impact of the modern world on the ancient culture of the Masai people. Traditionally the Masai herded their cattle between the plains and the well-watered mountain land. As tourism and agriculture makes inroads on their already scarce land, they are trying to adapt without losing their heritage. 027 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AWARD WINNING FILMS AND VIDEOS

VH 8130 Middle Passage, The
Summary: The story of an African slave who was sold into slavery by the King of Dahomey, shackled and transported on a journey shared with some six hundred othe rs. A journey barely half would survive. 081 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 6584 Mortu Nega (Those Whom Death Refused)
Summary: In 1973, independence was proclaimed in Guinea Bissau, ending five centuries of Portuguese colonization and a decade of armed struggle. This film portrays this critical period in history through the story of one woman, Diminga, whose husband is fighting on the front lines. The camera captures Cabral's assassination, the ending of the hostilities, and the reconstruction of the economically and spiritually devastated country struggling with drought and famine. Directed by Flora Gomes. 093 Min. VIDEO 1998 Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 7150 Mursi Tribe, The: The Day of the Donga
Summary: This segment looks at the Mursi of Ethiopia who are still among the fie rcest warriors in Africa. A study of life among the Mursi, featuring footage of a donga, a punishing yet graceful stick fighting competition through which young men display their bravery, establish their status, and perhaps even attract a young woman to marry. Mursi mysticism and faith healing are also considered, as well as customs such as the use of large ceramic lip disks by women as symbols of beauty and wealth. 054 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: LAST WARRIORS, THE

VH 8009 Musu: Saga of the Slaves
Summary: A dance drama in two acts from Ghana which tells the story of the slave trade on the Gold Coast of West Africa between the 16th and 18th centuries. Africans are captured and taken to the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. The slaves rebel and decide to take over the island of St. John but fail in their attempt. Directed by F. Nii-Yartey. 058 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN, DANCE

VH 8001 N/um Tchai
Summary: The Bushmen of this film are Kung of the Nyae region of SW Africa. Doc uments a formalized Bushman curing ceremony by showing an all-night n/um tchai (medicine dance) in which a number of men go into trance and exercise special curing powers. Divided into two parts: the first reviews and explains typical dance scenes; the second shows the ceremony without narration. Originally released as a documentary motion picture in 1966. "The sound in this film is not synchro nous. Most of the sound was recorded at the time of filming and reconstructed d uring editing. Translations are from both tapes and notes". 020 Min. VIDEO 1974 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 0205 Nature of a Continent, The
Summary: Based on the book "The Africans, a triple Heritage" by Ali A. Mazrui. Examines Africa as the birthplace of humankind and discusses the impact of geography on African history, including the role of the Nile in the origin of civilization and the introduction of Islam to Africa through its Arabic borders. 060 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AFRICANS, THE

VH 6376 Ndeble Women & the Rituals of Rebellion
Summary: This video explores the Ndebele rituals. We see their fertility rites, a celebration that bonds them to their ancestral tradition. The Ndebele performance art shows how traditional forms of expression can become a vehicle for political empowerment. 052 Min. VIDEO 1995 Series: ENRICHMENT ART SERIES

VH 7859 Nelson Mandela: Free At Last
Summary: Contains rare clandestine footage smuggled out of South Africa, insightful interviews with the principal players, plus the uncensored and unedited first speech Mandela gave upon his release from prison. 079 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 0209 New Conflicts
Summary: Based on the book; "The Africans, a Triple Heritage" by Ali A. Mazrui. Explores the tensions inherent in the juxtaposition of three African heritages, looking at the ways in which these conflicts have contributed to the rise of the nationalist movement, the warrior tradition of indigenous Africa, the jihad tradition of Islam, and modern guerilla warfare. 060 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AFRICANS, THE

VH 0207 New Gods
Summary: Based on the book; "The Africans, a Triple Heritage" by Ali A. Mazrui. This programs examines the factors that influence religion in Africa, paying particular attention to how traditional religions, Islam and Christianity coexist and influence each other. 060 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AFRICANS, THE

VH 5877 New South Africa, The: A Personal Journey
Summary: White expatriate playwright Tug Yourgrau returns to South Africa after the election of Nelson Mandela to learn about the changes there. 055 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 8173 Nine Cows And An Ox
Summary: A study of life in a Maasai village (Part 5 of 5) as a representation of the Maasai people in Kenya. An attempt to describe a moment in the history of the Laibon's family. 045 Min. VIDEO 1984 Series: DIARY OF A MAASAI VILLAGE

VH 4904 Nuer, The, part 1
Summary: This program illustrates the Nuer tribe's cultural, social, and spiritual meaning attached to cattle. It covers ceremonies related to their medicine, male initiation and peer grouping, courtship and family and clan relationships and structures. 037 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY

VH 4905 Nuer, The, part 2
Summary: This program illustrates the Nuer tribe's cultural, social, and spiritual meaning attached to cattle. It covers ceremonies related to their medicine, male initiation and peer grouping, courtship and family and clan relationships and structures. 034 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 0951 Olatunji and His Drums of Passion
Summary: Concert footage from a New Year's Eve 1985 performance at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California. 051 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: DANCE, CONCERT

VH 6583 La Petite Vendeuse De Soleil
Summary: A parable which uses the struggles of a young crippled girl in Dakar trying to earn her living in a crowded market selling newspapers to mirror Africa's role in the international marketplace. In Wolof with English subtitles. Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety. 043 Min. VIDEO 1999 Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 6585 Pieces D'Identites
Summary: A Congolese king searches for his daughter in Brussels where for a time he loses his royal fetishes, his identity, but finds a friend, a local cabdriver with a secret identity. With his help and a chain of coincidence (it must be destined), Mani Kongo is reunited with his daughter and his regalia and returns to Africa with a circle of friends. 093 Min. VIDEO 1998 Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 6921 Post Hip-Hop Summit New Conference
Summary: At the conclusion of the Hip-Hop Summit which was held in New York City, June 12-13, 2001, Summit organizers and other members from the African-American community held a news conference to talk about some of the issues addressed in the Summit, including new initiatives concerning the advertising and marketing of music to youth, using the art form in political campaigns and movements, and other ways to use hip-hop as a positive force. 074 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN

VH 7856 Prisoners of Hope: Robben Island Reunion
Summary: Presents the reunion and conference for former South African political prisoners held at the Robben Island prison. Many former prisoners give their accounts of their imprisonment and rekindle friendships which formed there. 058 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 8169 The Prophet's Family
Summary: A study of the life in a Maasai village (part 1 of 5) as a representation of the Maasai people in Kenya. An attempt to describe a moment in the history of the Laibon's family. 050 Min. VIDEO 1984 Series: DIARY OF A MAASAI VILLAGE

VH 7133 Pygmies Of The Rain Forest
Summary: Details the everyday life of the Mbuti Pygmies in the remote Ituri Forest of Zaire, Africa whose mode of living has remained essentially unchanged for thousands of years. As nomads they grow no crops bu instead utilize all of the resources of the forest for their daily needs: the building of shelters, creation of clothing, food gathering and hunting. 051 Min. VIDEO 1976

VH 7842 Race Against Time: The HIV/AIDS Pandemic In Africa
Summary: Video of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, and the search for solutions to the pandemic which is ravaging the continent. 054 Min. VIDEO 2002

VH 4918 Revolution
Summary: While the American colonies challenge Britain for independence, American slavery is challenged from within as men and woman fight to define what America will be. When the War of Independence is won, black people, both enslaved and free, seize on the language of freedom even while the new nation's constitution codifies slavery and oppression as a national way of life. 090 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY Series: AFRICANS IN AMERICA

VH 0708 Rise Of Nationalism, The/The Legacy
Summary: Series title "AFRICA, " VH 705-708. Part 1, "The Rise of Nationalism." Host Basil Davidson charts Africa's struggle for independence, focusing on the collapse of the white minority in Zimbabwe and on apartheid in South Africa. Part 2, "The Legacy." Interviews with political leaders illuminate the problems and successes of Africa today, as Davidson looks at Africa in the aftermath of colonial rule. 114 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN Series: AFRICA

VH 4725 Rites of Passage: Four Stories of Survival
Summary: This documentary presents the stories of the coming of age of four girls from Nicaragua, India, Jamaica, and Burkino Faso, West Africa. Puberty is too often the beginning of a life of abuse and early death in many societies. 030 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN STUDIES, ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY

VH 5823 Road to Timbuktu, The / Lost Cities of the South
Summary: This documentary presents Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on a journey from Zanzibar to Timbuktu, the Nile River Valley to Great Zimbabwe, the slave coast of Guinea to the medieval monasteries of Ethiopia in search of the lost wonders of the African world. 120 Min. VIDEO 1999 Series: WONDERS OF THE AFRICAN WORLD

VH 7026 Roots and Water, Part 1
Summary: Features Tatamkhulu Africa's poem "Nothing's Changed, " which describes the covert racism experienced by people of color in post-apartheid South Africa; Imtiaz Dharker's poems "Living Space" and "The Blessing." Includes readings by the poets, explications of their work, and creative dramatizations. 030 Min. VIDEO 1999 Series: POEMS FROM OTHER CULTURES AND TRADITIONS

VH 1744 Saaraba (Utopia)
Summary: Saaraba is a Wolof word for a mythical place free of the misery and contradictions of daily existence, equivalent to the Western idea of Utopia or El Dorado. Presents an unsparing indictment of a corrupt older generation (in Senegal) chasing material wealth, power and the lifestyle of the former French colonialists. Director: Amadon Seck. 086 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 1371 Sahara: Before the Desert
Summary: When and how did the Sahara become a desert? The program shows steps being taken by the Saharan countries to keep the desert from growing and, if possible, to turn it back. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: GEOGRAPHY

VH 7993 Samora Machel: Son of Africa
Summary: Life of Samora Machel, Mozambican revolutionary, commander of FRELIMO, the Mozambique Liberation Front, and first president of Mozambique after indepen dence, told through interviews with Machel himself and others. 029 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 6378 San Bush People of the Kalahari, The
Summary: Documentary about the culture and lives of the Kalahari Bushmen as seen through Jens Bjerre, who lived with them for many months in the 1940s and 1950s. When he returns in 1987, he finds their way of life has nearly vanished. 057 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AWARD WINNING FILMS AND VIDEOS

VH 3089 Sango Malo, The Village Teacher
Summary: A tale of two schoolteachers and two philosophies of education. The strict headmaster insist on a conventional French style curriculum which doesn't challenge the village power structure. When an innovative young teacher Sango Malo arrives, he introduces a more practical education designed to make the peasants the focus of rural development. Soon his ideas spread to the rest of the village and the peasants open a cooperative store and farm. Directed by Bassek Ba Kobhio. 094 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 1738 Selling the Feeling
Summary: What did the Hands Across America event tell us about hunger in America and how were the images of our own homeless and hungry used? 029 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL WORK Series: CONSUMING HUNGER

VH 3668 Senegal
Summary: Since the arrival of the first fifteen Peace Corps Volunteer in Dakar in 1963, the Peace Corps program in Senegal has grown considerably with Volunteers now serving throughout most regions of the country in a wide range of projects. (DOC PE 1.13: W 89/SENEG./VIDEO) 016 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 7987 Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Summary: A collection of testimonies, eyewitness accounts, and dramatic reenactments which tell of the life, legacy, loves and losses of Malcolm X. 053 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN

VH 1737 Shaping the Image
Summary: What happened to the images of starving Africans once they became part of our television culture? The famine in Ethiopia. 029 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: CONSUMING HUNGER

VH 6183 Ship of Slaves: The Middle Passage
Summary: Details the trials and tribulations of the slaves on their voyage from Africa to the Americas on slave ships. This transatlantic slave trade which lasted 300 years was known in history as the black holocaust. 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 8160 Shouting Silent
Summary: Video explores the South African AIDS epidemic through the eyes of Xoliswa Sithole, an adult orphan who lost her mother to AIDS in 1996. Film shows the devastation wrought on the orphaned children of South Africa by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, how entire generations of young people are growing up without parents. 052 Min. VIDEO 2002

VH 8163 Simon & I
Summary: Intimate and inspiring portrait of black South African gay rights activist Tseko Nkoli, who died of AIDS in 1998, and his fellow activist and protoge, Bev Ditsie. 054 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 5822 Slave Kingdoms / The Holy Land
Summary: This documentary presents Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on a journey from Zanzibar to Timbuktu, the Nile River Valley to Great Zimbabwe, the slave coast of Guinea to the medieval monasteries of Ethiopia in search of the lost wonders of the African world. 120 Min. VIDEO 1999 Series: WONDERS OF THE AFRICAN WORLD

VH 7837 Somalia: The Neglected Civil War
Summary: Independent since 1960, Somalia has seen virtually constant political upheaval. Some eighty percent of the nation is under the power of guerillas and local warlords. Recently, Somalia has become a target in the port - Afghanistan "war against terrorism." 049 Min. VIDEO 2002 Series: AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY

VH 1019 Song of Freedom
Summary: Paul Robeson portrays a brilliantly famous concert singer who undertakes a search for his roots in Africa. Director: Wills J. Elder. 080 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: CONCERT

VH 1712 Songololo: Voices of Change
Summary: South Africa's black resistance movement is examined by looking at two cultural activists, poet Mzwakhe Mbuli and writer/performer Gcina Mhlophe. 054 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 1811 South Africa Belongs to Us
Summary: Film portrait of five typical black women goes behind the headlines to explain apartheid & describe how it impoverishes, dehumanizes & ultimately, enslaves. 060 Min. VIDEO 1980

VH 6790 South Africa: In Search of Moderation
Summary: Discusses the politics of apartheid. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 0778 Southern Africa: The Right to Development
Summary: Featuring Oliver Tambo. 028 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 4600 Speeches of Nelson Mandela, The
Summary: Nelson Mandela dedicated his life to the battle against racial oppression in South Africa. His activities against apartheid led to his conviction. After his 1990 release, Mandela was elected president in the country's first all-race election. This video offers a compelling demonstration of his oratory prowess, from his long fight against apartheid, to his triumphant release from prison and ensuing political career. 070 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS , COMMUNICATION Series: SPEECHES COLLECTION, THE

VH 2701 Ta Dona
Summary: The story of the quest for secret knowledge by a young Bambara man. Here the hero, Sidy, is a modern agricultural expert in the Ministry of Rivers and Forests. While working in a peasant village, he is also searching for the seventh canari, a forgotten, secret Bambara herbal remedy used in childbirth. Faced with a scorching drought and a corrupt government, Sidy manages to save the village and rediscover the seventh canari. 102 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 4807 Taafe Fanga: Skirt Power
Summary: Director Adama Drabo brings us a gender-bending farce set among the 18th Century Dogon to make some serious points about the status of women in Africa today. This comic tale of a revolution in which women's and men's roles were reversed was inspired by the role women played in Mali's 1991 revolution. 095 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 4917 Terrible Transformations, The
Summary: This episode examines the origins of one of the largest forced human migrations in recorded history. After the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia in 1619, the British colonies lay the groundwork for a system of racial slavery, which generates profits that ensure the colonies' growth and survival. 090 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY Series: AFRICANS IN AMERICA

VH 0208 Tools of Exploitation
Summary: Based on the book: "The Africans, a Triple Herigate" by Ali A. Mazrui. The impact of the West on Africa and the impact of Africa on the development of the West are contrasted with an emphasis on the manner in which Africa's human and natural resources have been exploited before, during, and after the colonial period. 060 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: AFRICANS, THE

VH 3204 Trading in Africans: The Dutch Outposts in West Africa
Summary: From the moment they conquered Elmina, the Dutch embarked on the slave trade. This program looks at the European view of Africans in the mid-17th century, at the nature of the slave trade, and at the life of some of the African tribes the Dutch exploited to build the most profitable of their many profitable businesses - with the result that close to half the present population of the Western Hemisphere is descended from Africans. 050 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 6251 Triumph of Evil, The
Summary: Eight hundred thousand Tutsis were slaughtered by the Hutu majority in Rwanda. As the U.N.'s Genocide Convention--created to make sure genocide would never happen again--marks its 50th anniversary, Frontline examines the role of Britain, France, the U.S. and the U.N. as they ignored warnings of impending massacre. 060 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 8172 Two Journeys
Summary: A study of life in a Maasai village (Part 4 of 5) as a representation of the Maasai people in Kenya. An attempt to describe a moment in the history of the Laibon's family. 051 Min. VIDEO 1984 Series: DIARY OF A MAASAI VILLAGE

VH 8171 Two Mothers
Summary: A study of life in a Maasai village (Part 3 of 5) as a representation of the Maasai people in Kenya. An attempt to describe a moment in the history of the Laibon's family. 050 Min. VIDEO 1984 Series: DIARY OF A MAASAI VILLAGE

VH 8170 Two Ways Of Justice
Summary: A study of the life in a Maasai village (Part 2 of 6) as a representation of the Maasai people in Kenya. An attempt to describe a moment in the history of the Laibon's family. 052 Min. VIDEO 1984 Series: DIARY OF A MAASAI VILLAGE

VH 2791 Unearthing the Slave Trade
Summary: On the eve of the American Revolution, New York City had the largest number of enslaved Africans of any colonial settlement outside Charleston. Though this has seldom been acknowledged, African labor was essential in the building of New York. Today, archaeological excavation of sites on both sides of the Atlantic is bringing to light aspects of the slave trade long buried in the liberal minds of those north of the Mason-Dixon Line. 028 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AFRICAN -AMERICAN

VH 1743 La Vie Est Belle (Life is Rosy)
Summary: Tells the "rags to riches" story of a poor rural musician who realizes that to succeed in today's music world he must go to the city and break into radio and television. In Kinshasa he uses his wit and talent to win a beautiful wife, trick his greedy boss and succeed in singing his "theme song" on national television. Director: Lamy Bernard & N. Mweze. 085 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, MUSICAL Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 0437 Village of the Craftsmen, The
Summary: Introduces the land of Egypt at the height of its power, and its people--the pharaohs who inhabited the great tombs and the craftsmen who built those tombs. 023 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: EARLY CIVILIZATION

VH 7776 Voices From Robben Island
Summary: Discusses the correctional facility at Robben Island, South Africa. Includes interviews with political prisoners and correctional personnel. Interviews with Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Thabo Mbeki, Ahmad Kathrada and Andrew Mlangeni. Directed by Adam Low. 090 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 2283 Voices of Sarafina
Summary: Director Nigel Nobel interweaves intimate interviews with members of the cast of the Broadway hit musical SARAFINA! with scenes from the show and images of South African townships. 085 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 8175 Voodoo Kingdom
Summary: The reality of voodoo remains shrouded in mystery although in Haiti and many African countries today, voodoo is an integral part of daily life. 045 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 6567 Voodoo Secrets
Summary: Explores the history of Voodoo from its roots in West Africa to its position today in the Caribbean and the U.S. Examines the religion's beliefs, deities, and customs and includes footage of ceremonies and interviews with practitioners. Explore the misconceptions and reality of Voodoo with Wade Davis, author of The Serpent and The Rainbow. 089 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, CARIBBEAN STUDIES

VH 1746 Wend Kuuni (God's Gift)
Summary: A mute child without memory is found under a tree by a peddler. He is adopted by the peddler's village who in gratitude rename him, Wend Kuuni or "God's gift.' In a series of flashbacks, we learn how bigotry and cruelty ironically drove Wend Kuuni to discover the compassion of his adopted village. Director: Gaston Kabore. 070 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 5622 West Africa: Fabric of Reform
Summary: Documentary covering the economic reform occurring, with the help of the IMF, in the West African countries of Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, and Mali. 032 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: ECONOMICS Series: ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN AFRICA

VH 6167 Wife Among Wives, A: Notes on Turkana Marriage
Summary: Part of a trilogy of films on the Turkana, relatively isolated semi- nomadic herders who inhabit northwestern Kenya. This documentary investigates how the Turkana, especially the women, view marriage. As plans for a ceremony unfold, polygyny is shown as a source of solidarity among women while causing disregard for individual feelings. 068 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: SOCIOLOGY

VH 7151 Wodaabe and Tureg Nomads, The: Stealing Beauty
Summary: This segment looks at the Wodaabe and Tuareg who have a common enemy in the arid lands of central western Africa they call home. Filmed in part during the height of the dry season, this program offers insights into both of these warrior tribes through two of their major celebrations. 053 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: LAST WARRIORS, THE

VH 3034 Wole Soyinka: A Voice of Africa
Summary: As a Yoruba writer working in English, Soyinka brings a unique and varied cultural background to his art, and in so doing, he enriches all of world literature. 022 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: ART, WRITERS

VH 4119 World Bank, The: The Great Experiment, Part 1 of 2
Summary: Shows the inner workings of the World Bank by examining its dealings with Uganda for an economic development project. Part 1, "Tug of War." 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: ECONOMICS

VH 4120 World Bank, The: The Great Experiment, Part 2 of 2
Summary: Shows the inner workings of the World Bank by examining its dealings with Uganda for an economic development project. Part 2, "Mountains of Debt." 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: ECONOMICS

VH 1740 Yeelen (Brightness)
Summary: "Yeelen" tells the story of Nianankoro, a young warrior destined to destroy a corrupt older society, the secret "Komo" cult, and with it his father, and inevitably himself. The video follows him on a quest across arid Bambara, Fulani and Dogon lands, and through a cross-section of West African cultures and folklore. Director: Cisse Soulemane. 105 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 1742 Zan Boko (Homeland)
Summary: This video tells the story of a village swallowed up by one of Africa's sprawling cities. Through this commonplace event, the film reveals the transformation of an agrarian, subsistence society into an industrialized, commodity economy and of an oral culture into a mass media culture. "Zan Boko" is also the story of two men, from different worlds but sharing a common integrity. Director: Gaston Kabore. 094 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 7839 Zimbabwe & South Africa
Summary: Zimbabwe still reels from the after effects of independence. Former colonials are blamed for failing to work out compensation and land reallocation, and violence against whites is on the increase. South Africa emerged from the evils of Apartheid more than a decade ago, and today faces an expanding gap between the rich and the poor, increasing interracial conflict, a rising crime rate, and an AIDS epidemic that is decimating the mostly black population. VIDEO Series: AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY