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Umoja: Tiger and the big wind

Title
Umoja: Tiger and the big wind [videorecording] / Carol Munday Lawrence.
Publication
Norwood, MA : Beacon, 1970.

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Additional Authors
Lawrence, Carol Munday.
Description
1 videocassette (8 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
The title of this Black folktale is an African word which means unity. The animals work together with a rabbit to trap a tiger who won't share his water and a pear tree. In a chanting style, William Faulkner retells the story which he learned in childhood. Odetta sings at the beginning and the end of the film.
Series Statement
(Nguzo Saba)
Subject
  • Animated films
  • Sharing > Fiction
  • Cooperation > Fiction
  • Tales > Africa
  • Folklore > Africa
  • Kwanzaa
Credits (note)
  • Director, Carol Munday Lawrence; narrator, William Faulkner; songs performed by Odetta.
Title
Umoja: Tiger and the big wind [videorecording] / Carol Munday Lawrence.
Imprint
Norwood, MA : Beacon, 1970.
Series
(Nguzo Saba)
Credits
Director, Carol Munday Lawrence; narrator, William Faulkner; songs performed by Odetta.
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Lawrence, Carol Munday.
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J VTH 580 U
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