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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. |
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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. |