Black Man’s Land (3 Parts)

Synopsis

3: Critically assesses Jomo Kenyatta’s political career as a nationalist and a man in power.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video

Year of production

1973

Availability

Sale; 1997 sale: £42.50 (inc VAT +p&p) each part

Subjects

History; Politics & government

Keywords

Africa; biographies; colonial history; Kenya; Kenyatta, Jomo; Mau Mau; revolutionary movements

Credits

Director

Anthony Howarth; David Koff

Contributor

Bruce Parsons; Roger Buck

Sections

Title

White man’s country

Synopsis

1: Old photographs, archive film and personal reminiscences recreate the colonial period in Kenya. The origins of the conflict between black and white. How Africans reacted to colonialism.

Title

Mau Mau

Synopsis

2: Tries to show that the common understanding of 'Mau Mau' is a myth, created and sustained by little more than propaganda and fear. Suggests that the movement was a political and military response to repression and armed aggression.

Title

Kenyatta

Synopsis

3: Critically assesses Jomo Kenyatta's political career as a nationalist and a man in power.

Production Company

Name

Anthony David Productions

Distributor

Name

African Video Centre

Email

info@africanvideocentre.co.uk

Web

http://www.africanvideocentre.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7732 5460

Fax

020 7732 6897

Address

92 Peckham High Street
London
SE15 5ED