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The African Studies Collection

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The African Studies Collection includes the following titles:

Early Life - Kibera Kids - imageEarly Life - Kibera Kids

The adults of Kibera are working hard to offer kids a safe and stimulating haven in pre-schools.

Bullfrog Films | 2009 | 25 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
End of the Dialogue - imageEnd of the Dialogue

A landmark film that was one of the first to reveal the full horrors of apartheid to the world.

Icarus Films | 1970 | 44 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Everything's Fine - imageEverything's Fine

An engaging portrait of the daily routine of a self-styled 'bush doctor' in Mali.

Icarus Films | 2006 | 78 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Fevers - imageFevers

Dr. Maman moves freely between Western medicine and ancestral magical recipes. FEVERS is an unassuming film whose strength is the depth with which it observes this remarkable healer in action.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 43 minutes
Fire and Ice - imageFire and Ice

From the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia to the Andes of Peru, indigenous highland communities battle threats to their forests, farms, and faith.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 57 minutes | 9-12, College, Adults
Food or Fuel? - imageFood or Fuel?

Kenyan farmer Moses Shaha journeys through the Tana Delta, where farmers are starting to grow jatropha, a biofuel crop.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 29 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults
For the Best and for the Onion! - imageFor the Best and for the Onion!

A verite documentary that captures the rhythms of agricultural life in Niger, and how the vagaries of market price and harvest can affect the most intimate personal decisions.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Forgotten World - imageForgotten World

The Bokoni are a historic maze of stone circles, terraces and engravings linked by stone passages located in South Africa, indexing successive stages of settlement in pre-colonial Africa.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 52 minutes
Future of Mud - imageFuture of Mud

This is the story of Komusa Tenapo, master mason and heir to the secrets of Djenne architecture, the traditional use of mud in Malian buildings.

Icarus Films | 2007 | 58 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Game Over - imageGame Over

Explores the changing face of conservation in Kenya.

Bullfrog Films | 2009 | 44 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult

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