TY - ADVS AU - Mazrui,Ali AlAmin ED - Annenberg/CPB Project. ED - British Broadcasting Corporation ED - WETA-TV (Television station: Washington, D.C.) TI - The Africans: a triple heritage PY - 1986/// CY - [Santa Barbara, CA] PB - Annenberg/CPB Project KW - Documentary films KW - Africa KW - Civilization KW - Western influences KW - Islamic influences KW - History N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -