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Social Life and Customs - Africana Films

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Africa close-up. Egypt, Tanzania.  Maryknoll, NY : Maryknoll World Productions, c1997.  HQ792.A35 A4 1997  This video will show U.S. children the different ways young people live in other parts of the world. Fifteen-year-old Samah Ibrahim Hussein shows us Islamic life in her neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, along with a tour of the Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Nile River. Fifteen-year- old Bernard Bulemela of rural Tanzania, East Africa, tells us about his people's struggle with desertification, tree and water projects, the opening of a new well, and the teaching of Kiswahili at his school.
Destination Cameroon / Peace Corps of the United States of America ; produced by the Office of World Wise Schools with the cooperation of the Office of Creative Services.  HC60.5 .D463 1996  Describes daily life in Cameroon as experienced by Peace Corps volunteers who live and work there.
Griottes of the Sahel  : female keepers of the Songhay oral tradition in Niger / a production of the Center for Instructional Design and Integrated Technologies ; produced in association with the College of the Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University ; WPSX-TV ; producer/writer, Thomas A. Hale ; director/editor, Marie Hornbein ; executive producer, Frank Wilson.  DT547.45.S65 G75 1991 Griottes maintain the oral tradition of the Songhay people by singing praises of people and recounting geneology. Their music and dance are important elements of ceremonies and social events.
Naked spaces : living is round. New York, N.Y. : Women Make Movies [distributor] c1985.  GN652.5 .N345 1985  Explores the rhythm and ritual life in the rural environment of six West African countries, including Senegal, Mauritania, Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso and Benin.
Rights of passage : four stories of survival / Diane Best, Kinross Films Production ; produced and directed by Diane Best ; written by Ronald H. Blumer and Diane Best.  HQ798 .R57 1994  This documentary presents the stories of the coming of age of four girls from Nicaragua, India, Jamaica and Burkino Faso, West Africa. Purberty is too often the beginning of a life of abuse and early death in many societies.
Secret Egypt :  / a Mystic Fire Video ; producers, Tom Lyons, Cheves Walling ; directed and edited by Maxine Harris and Sheldon Rochlin ; narrated by Gabrielle Roth.  DT60 .S42 1995  Your passport to the timeless rituals of a culture where the fires of an ancient wisdom still burn, a musical and visual experience, an impressionistic journey delicately infused with the ecstatic Sufi poetry of Rumi.
The Sultan's burden / Denis Whyte Films production in association with Northern Lights Film; producer, Denis Whyte; director, Jon Jerstad with Lisbet Holtedahl.  DT581.A3 S94 1994  Examines the role of traditional Islamic leader Sultan Issa Maigari of Adamawa Province, Cameroon whose authority, wealth and privileged palace life, with large retinue of retainers and servants, harem of wives and many children, are threatened by political change, court intrigues and ethnic rivalries. Filmed in 1992.
Technology: The web and world english / Films for the Humanities & Sciences; Producer Sally Westbury; directed by Ron Blythe, Mike Fiddler; created and written by Ron Blythe.  PE2751 T43 2002  While tracing the spread of English via Internet technology, this program considers the implications 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. Interviews with specialists drawn from WorldCom and Sony subsidiary So-Net, the Library of Congress and the British Library, CNN and the BBC, and elsewhere provide a wide-angle perspective on digital content, language translation utilities, and initiatives to bridge the digital and linguistic divides.
La vie sur terre  = Life on Earth / un film de Abderrahmane Sissako.  DT551.4 .V54 1999  A fictional documentary about daily life in Sokolo, a village in Mali near the southeastern corner of Mauritania, interwoven with poetic meditations and the melancholy tones of the great Malian tenor, Salif Keita.

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