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Literature and Language - Africana Films  

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Chinua Achebe / a presentation of Films for the Humanities and Sciences from WNET/New York and WTTW/Chicago ; a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc. ; produced and directed by Gail Pellett.  PR9387.9.A3 Z623 1994  Bill Moyers interviews Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe who discusses the West's often inaccurate portrayal of Africa and how it is the African storyteller's obligation to be the collective memory of the African people.
Distant voices, thunder words  GR72 .D57 2006 (2 volumes) A documentary on Native American, African and Polynesian storytelling traditions. Through interviews with Native American and African storytellers, poets, and writers, explores initiation into the calling of storyteller, the influence of story in the Native American sense of kinship and right relationship with nature, and compares and contrasts oral storytelling with the writing of poetry and novels.
Duro Ladipo : with the Duro Ladipo Travelling Theatre Company of Oshogbo, Nigeria / National Educational Television ; produced in collaboration with the Federal Film Unit, Lagos, Nigeria ; producer, director, Henry Doré ; executive producer, Lane Slate..  PL8824.L3 D87 1967  Introduces Duro Ladipo, founder, director, playright, composer and principal male actor of the Duro Ladipo Travelling Theatre Company. Explains how Ladipo became interested in drama and music, and shows members of the company touring Yoruba villages.
Technology: the web and "world English"  PE2751 .T43 2002 While tracing the spread of English via Internet technology, this program considers the impliations of such de facto linguistic hegemony in a world of high-tech haves and have-nots.  In addition, the program examines the simultaneous standardization and fragmentation of English as it is acquired by non-native English-speakers in Africa and Asia.  
Xala = The curse / Argos Films and the British Film Institute [present] a film written and directed by Sembene Ousmane.  PN1997.A23 X26  A bitter and satirical film set in a mythical African country (closely resembling Senegal) where a rich, self-made businessman and member of the post-colonial ruling elite takes on a third wife to show the world his wealth, only to be stricken by a curse resulting in impotency. His efforts at getting cured lead to disastrous results.  Based on the novel by Sembene Ousmane.

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