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  1. Kanraxel: The Confluence of Agnack (2015)

    Director
    Remi Sowa
    Subject
    Anthropology; Languages
    Distribution
    DVD (52 minutes), £35.00

    Is multilingual education a privilege or an obstacle? This documentary follows the community of Agnack, a tiny village in the south of Senegal, where it is considered perfectly normal to speak a minimum of...

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  2. Moolaade (2004)

    Director
    Ousmane Sembéne
    Subject
    Film studies; Health Education; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £26.34

    Set in a small village, four girls facing ritual "purification" flee to the household of Collé Ardo Gallo Sy, a strong-willed woman who has managed to shield her own teenage daughter from mutilation. Collé...

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  3. Youssou N’Dour - Live (2003)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 65 minutes), £19.99

    A recording of the 1994 tour of West Africa by Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour, with additional footage of N’Dour’s headlining performance at Fiesta des Suds. His band, Super Etoile, founded in 1979,...

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  4. Children’s News (2 Parts) (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1997 sale: £15.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Two programmes looking at how the world’s governments are responding to UNICEF’S call to ratify and implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child. They chart the progress of global ratification...

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  5. Battle for the Planet (7 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Director
    Bo Landin
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. Standard formats. col. 208, 156 min. Tape 1 contains programmes 1-4; tape 2 contains programmes 5-7.

    A seven-part series with each programme presenting a personal view of a major issue, followed by responses from grass-roots groups in different countries, and concluded with discussion relating the issue to...

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  6. Camp de Thiaroye (1987 Video)

    aka: Camp at Thiaroye, The

    Director
    Ousmane Sembéne; Thierno Faty Sow
    Producer
    Mamadou Mbengue
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VH. col. 152 min., 1995 sale: £42.50 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    An account of events in a Senegalese repatriation camp just before the end of World War 2, based on a historical episode. Soldiers from all over Africa who fought for the Franch and the Allies were interned...

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  7. 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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