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  1. Africa’s Information Revolution: Rhetoric and Reality (2015)

    Subject
    Development studies; Information technology

    Video podcast from the Oxford Internet Institute. Padrig Carmody analyses the phenomenal recent growth in mobile phone and internet usage in Africa. Based on over two hundred firm level interviews in...

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  2. Hadza, The: Last of the First (2015)

    Director
    Bill Benenson
    Producer
    Bill Benenson
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), £40.00

    One of the last true hunter-gatherer tribes, the East African Hadza are fighting to maintain their sustainable lifestyle. They have lived on their land near the Rift Valley in Tanzania for over 50,000 years....

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  3. In the Shadow of the Sun (2013)

    Director
    Harry Freeland
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 84 minutes), £9.99

    In Tanzania, witch doctors are spreading a belief that the body parts of albino people will bring wealth and good fortune. Referred to as ‘White Ghosts’ and ‘Devils’ within their communities, the...

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  4. Darwin’s Nightmare (2010)

    Director
    Hubert Sauper
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes)

    The African nation of Tanzania has a booming business selling fish to Europe, but its citizens live in a state of horrific poverty and degradation. Filmmaker Hubert Sauper uses his documentary DARWIN’S...

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  5. Word on the Street, The (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., 2001 sale: £12.00 (inc VAT +p&p)

    A video-based teaching pack looking at the issue of street children in Singida, Tanzania. Ralf Little meets children living on the streets and introduces the work of the Kititimo Centre, to explore some of...

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  6. On the Slopes of Kilimanjaro (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 14 min., 2000 sale: US$25.00 (VHS PAL)

    Shows how the city council of Moshi, a town located on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, with the help of the Sustainable Cities Programme of UNCHS (Habitat), is holding a consultation to hear the views from...

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  7. Exodus (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Rhodes
    Subject
    Environmental science; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows the progress of the world’s first Environmental Impact Assessment of the refugee crisis in Tanzania, where the second largest city appeared out of nothing as half a million Rwandan refugees set up...

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  8. From Chaos to Hope (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min., 2000 sale: US$25.00 (VHS PAL)

    As in many developing countries, the people of Dar es Salaam, Tanznia, lived in a city which was on the edge of financial and environmental chaos. The cost of all this urban mismanagement was borne by the...

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  9. Women’s Olamal, The (1984 Video)

    Director
    Melissa Llewellyn-Davies
    Producer
    Chris Curling; Melissa Llewellyn-Davies
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 110 min.

    Looks at the organisation and meaning of a Maasai woman’s fertility rite, and the conflict which arose at this particular ceremony with the men of the Maasai village (on the Loita Hills near the...

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  10. Technology for Self-Reliance (1981 Film)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the work of the Amsha Appropriate Technology Project in Tanzania in promoting rural self-reliance and enabling villagers to improve their environment. Projects shown include making new houses for...

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