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  1. Stories of Memory and Fire (1992 Video)

    Director
    Alexandra Anderson
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    English language and literature; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1992 sale: £10.00

    A protrait of Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano in which he discusses his understanding of the Indian, African and European roots of contemporary Latin American culture.

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  2. Beyond the Reading List: Guidelines for Research in the Humanities (1975 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Librarianship
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

    Bibliographical control in the humanities, with particular reference to English literature. A typical research project, on the South African writer Olive Schreiner, is followed through.

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  3. Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    http://www.plethoreum.org/dunbar/gallery.asp

    Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet. Born in 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of ex-slaves and classmate to Orville Wright of aviation fame....

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  4. Buchi Emecheta (1985)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 40 minutes), £89.00 or free online

    Buchi Emecheta in conversation with with Susheila Nasta at the ICA talks about: her experiences as a young mother; the position of black women in society; incest ; the role of women in Nigeria; living in...

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  5. Wole Soyinka 1 (1986 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col., 1994 sale: £35.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1986, talks about his rich and varied work, which draws upon his Yoruba background.

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  6. Madmen and Specialists, By Wole Soyinka (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 91 min.

    The play ‘Madmen and Specialists’, which is set in Nigeria after a bitter civil war, presents a series of characters - comic, sinister, traditional and modern, who have been and are being affected by...

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  7. Island, The: An Historic Piece? (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Athol Fugard and John Kani, who together with Winston Ntshona devised ‘The Island’, trace the background of this fiercely funny and critical play. Set in the South African prison of Robben Island, where...

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  8. I is a Long Memoried Woman (1990 Video)

    Director
    Frances Anne Solomon
    Producer
    David Wilkinson
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1998 sale £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) Arts Council 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p) Resources in Education and Training

    A drama/dance adaptation of a collection of poems by Grace Nichols. By drawing on elements of African culture such as music, sorcery and magic, it tells of a spiritual journey of an African woman taken in...

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  9. Maya Angelou - BBC Radio Interviews (2003)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/

    Extracts from a BBC radio interview with Maya Angelou, originally broadcast on Radio 3’s Viewing the Century on 22/11/1998. Maya Angelou’s prose depicts her personal history, her pride as a black woman...

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  10. Swampdwellers, The (1973 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 40 min., 2000 sale: US£299.00

    A film adaptation of the Wole Soyinka play, originally produced in London and directed and performed by Africans. It tells the story of a young man who becomes disillusioned with life in the city and returns...

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