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The Africans a triple heritage : a commentary

Title: The Africans [videorecording] : a triple heritage : a commentary / written and presented by Ali A. Mazrui ; a co-production of WETA-TV and BBC-TV.
Publication: S. Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1986.

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Description

5 videocassettes (540 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in. +

Summary

Examines the complexities of a continent influenced by its indigenous roots, Islam and European Christianity. Includes history of Egyptian pharaohs, matriarchal social systems, the slave trade and the contemporary political crises of post-colonialism, famine, and apartheid.

Series Statement

Annenberg/CPB collection

Uniform Title

Africans (Television program)

Alternative Title

Nature of a continent.
Legacy of lifestyles.
New gods.
Tools of exploitation.
New conflicts.
In search of stability.
Garden of Eden in decay?
Clash of cultures.
Global Africa.

Subject

Genre/Form

Video recordings.

Note

Originally produced as a television program.
9 programs on 5 videocassettes.
Study guide and Faculty guide published New York : Praeger, 1986.
Viewer's guide published [Washington, D.C.] : WETA, c1985.

Bibliography (note)

Study guide and Viewer's guide include bibliographical references.

Credits (note)

Producers, Peter Bate, Timothy Copestake ; executive producers, Charles Hobson, David Harrison ; editors, Jeff Shaw, Malcolm Daniel ; title music, Peter Howell.

System Details (note)

VHS.

Language (note)

Closed-captioned.

Contents

1-2. The nature of a continent ; A legacy of lifestyles -- 3-4. New gods ; Tools of exploitation -- 5-6. New conflicts ; In search of stability -- 7-8. A garden of Eden in decay? ; A clash of cultures -- 9. Global Africa.

ISBN

0897765656 (videos)
0275920747 (study guide)
0030062136 (faculty guide)

OCLC

ocm36063692
SCSB-1209649

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library