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Rock Art Treasures (1970 Film)

Subject

Archaeology; Art

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Recent research claims that man originated in southern and central Africa, not the Middle East. This film records the early history of the strange and primitive people there - the nomadic Bushmen, whose...

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Simba (1928 Video)

aka: Simba, The King of Beasts

Director

Martin Johnson; Osa Johnson

Subject

Anthropology; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC only). b&w. 83 min., 1997 sale: US$59.95 (+p&p)

Record of a 15,000 trek through Africa by the husband-and-wife adventurers Martin and Osa Johnson, portraying the wildlife and tribal villages of the Samburu, Boran, Turkanak, Meru, Kikuyu, Dorobo, Nandi and...

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Let My People Go (1961)

Director

John Krish

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23 minutes), £20.00

A polemical film which uses voiceover and reconstructed scenes intercut with newsreel material, including footage of the Sharpeville massacre, to present an indictment of the Apartheid system in South Africa.

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Parched Land, The (1978 Film)

Director

Kieron Moore

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Over 26 million people who live in the Sahel region of Africa are continually threatened by drought. Looks at how the shortage of water affected Gad Amar Fal, a small village in North Senegal. Examines...

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Sankofa: Tradition and Development (1980 Film)

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Reports on the Brong-Ahafo Rural Integrated Development Programme (BARIDEP) in central Ghana showing how people, drawing on their own resources and traditions, work together with both governmental and...

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Chantal’s Choice (1989 Video)

Director

P B Hinckley; Carlyn Saltman

Subject

Anthropology; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Adolescents in Ouagadougou, Burkino Faso, West Africa, create a play for their peers in Europe and the USA. They enact an African folktale about a girl who faces a painful dilemma because she is determined...

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Witching Tree, The (1996 Video)

Producer

Joanna Head

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

In a country where there is still widespsread belief in witchcraft, to be accused and found guilty of being a witch in South Africa is a crime which carries the death benalty, by burning. After the death of...

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Rift! Geologic Clues to What’s Tearing Africa Apart (2014)

Subject

Geology

East Africa is one of the most geologically intriguing places on the planet: a place where the African continent is literally ripping apart. Deep rift valleys, active volcanoes, and hot springs are dramatic...

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Northern and Western Africa from Space (1980 Multimedia)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, 20 slides. col.

Coverage includes Egypt and the Sudan and extends to the Horn of Africa and parts of the Zaire basin and Kenya. Emphasis is placed upon scenes showing the continuity of land use change across the desert/dry...

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South Africa: The Wasted Land (1990 Video)

Director

Jamie Hartzell

Producer

Toni Strasburg

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., Free (+p&p)

Examines the ways South Africa’s policies of apartheid have damaged the environment. While the land held by white farmers is rich and highly productive, the blacks have had to eke out a living on land...

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