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  1. Mrs Goundo’s Daughter (2009)

    Director
    Barbara Attie; Janet Goldwater
    Subject
    Social Studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £36.30

    This is the story of one mother’s courageous battle to protect her two-year-old daughter from female genital mutilation. Skilfully interweaving Mrs Goundo’s tense, landmark court case in America with the...

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  2. Niger, The: A Lifeline (2006)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), £8.39

    This documentary examines the consequences of large scale dam construction on biodiversity, hydrological regimes, livelihoods and traditional cultures in the Inner Niger Delta, Mali.

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  3. A T TourÉ and the Peace Flame / Water, Water Everywhere (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Two films that are part of a series exploring ways of resolving conflicts across Africa.

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  4. Aa302 Videocassette a (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale?, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 173 min.

    A sequence of sections on music including: music from Mali and Nepal; the Eton Choir Book; composing for films; Indian music; Sundanese gamelan; historical keyboard instruments

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  5. Locust Slide Kit, The (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, 62 slides. col., 1997 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

    Illustrates the distribution, biology, ecology and control of the desert locust, which continues to pose a threat to food crops in many parts of Africa and Asia. The accompanying text gives details and also...

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  6. Bajourou: Music of Mali (1995 Video)

    Director
    Jeremy Marre
    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Geography; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at ‘bajourou’, a musical style unique to Mali, which has the richest and most sophisticated musical heritage in all Africa. It developed out of the musical traditions of the Jalis, the hereditary...

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  7. Taxi to Timbuktu (1995 Video)

    Director
    Christopher Walker
    Producer
    Peter Day; Sylvia Stevens
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Through the story of Malian Alpha Gassana, a New York taxi driver, the film examines the circumstances of West Africa’s ‘environmental refugees’, migrant workers forced to work in rich countries in...

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  8. African King, The (1990 Video)

    Director
    Nigel Evans
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    About the illegal trade in Third-World art treasures, which is sustained by a large and complex international network of smugglers and dealers. Follows a trail of stolen 10th-17th century terracotta statues...

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  9. Under African Skies (5 Parts) (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Mark Kidel; Michael Macintyre; Michael Raeburn; Richard Taylor
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 5 x 60 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £225.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Series looking at the diverse music of Africa: where it comes from, what it means and where it is going. 1 (producer Michael Raeburn): Among all English-speaking African countries, the music of Zimbabwe has...

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  10. Mastering a Continent (1983 Video)

    Director
    Mike Csaky; Andrew Harries; John Percival; Christopher Ralling
    Subject
    Anthropology; History
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

    Looks closely at three different communities examining the way in which African peoples mastered the problems of creating a way of life in a varied and often hostile environment. Looks in particular at two...

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