The Africans: a triple heritage [Videorecording] A co-production of WETA-TV and BBC-TV.

Contributor(s): Mazrui, Ali AlAmin | Annenberg/CPB Project | British Broadcasting Corporation Television Service | WETA-TV (Television station: Washington, D.C.)Material type: FilmFilmReference number:23817612Publication details: [Santa Barbara, CA] Annenberg/CPB Project, c1986. Description: 5 videocassettes (VHS) (540 min.) snd., col. 1/2 inSubject(s): Africa -- Civilization | Africa -- Civilization -- Western influences | Africa -- Civilization -- Islamic influences | Africa -- History | Documentary films
Contents:
Tape 1: Nature of a continent. Legacy of lifestyles.--Tape 2: New gods. Tools of exploitation.--Tape 3: New conflicts. In search of stability.--Tape 4: Garden of Eden in decay. Clash of cultures.--Tape 5: Global Africa.
Production credits: Written and narrated by Ali A. Mazrui; specially composed music by Peter Howell.Summary: Controversial examination of contemporary Africa in terms of its triple heritage: what is indigenous, what was contributed by Islam, and what was acquired from the West.
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VHS format.

Taped off-air with permission; each program approx. 60 min.

Companion book, "The Africans", published by Little, Brown, Boston.

Tape 1: Nature of a continent. Legacy of lifestyles.--Tape 2: New gods. Tools of exploitation.--Tape 3: New conflicts. In search of stability.--Tape 4: Garden of Eden in decay. Clash of cultures.--Tape 5: Global Africa.

Written and narrated by Ali A. Mazrui; specially composed music by Peter Howell.

Controversial examination of contemporary Africa in terms of its triple heritage: what is indigenous, what was contributed by Islam, and what was acquired from the West.

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