The African Studies Collection
The African Studies Collection includes the following titles:
As a team of managers in Gambia try to build a microfinance business, they learn that the loans may be small - but the stakes are very high.
Madou, a Senegalese fisherman, risks his life on an illegal boat to Europe.
The story of the first international conference on Africa, which established its division amongst the European powers, and created Congo as a personal possession of the Belgian king.
A hard-hitting look at one of the many heinous crimes that came before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Through the conflict over raising a monument to honor the Italian explorer Petro di Brazza, BLACK AFRICA WHITE MARBLE shines a harsh light on central Africa's colonial past and troubled present.
AIDS and Family is Kristen Ashburn's intimate portrait of African mothers, fathers and children being crushed by AIDS. Ashburn's work connects us to these people deeply; we learn that only through such connection is hope possible.
An inspirational portrait of a young West African man who starts a business building solar panels from scratch and selling them to rural customers in Mali.
Investigates the Catholic Church's allegationthat condoms are unreliable and ineffective in preventing the transmission of HIV.
Shot over three years, CHRONICLE OF A GENOCIDE FORETOLD follows several Rwandans before, during, and after the 1994 genocide. (Part 1 of 3)
Shot over three years, CHRONICLE OF A GENOCIDE FORETOLD follows several Rwandans before, during, and after the 1994 genocide. (Part 2 of 3)
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