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THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
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THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
MSs of host Ali Mazrui walking across a barren desert area; EST shots of this wasteland, cracked dry soil;
THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
Silhouette of a large termite hill
THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
Mr. Mazrui describes how tribesmen in this part of Africa used termites in the processing of copper.
THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
TLS of a train cutting through wooded area of the Congo. Traveling shots of Congo countryside as viewed from train.
THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
Host Ali Mazrui discusses the importance of railroads in colonial conquest by Europeans and the racism of the colonists;
THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
Traveling shots of Congo countryside as viewed from train.
THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
Recycling. MS/CUs of a local man making sandals out of discarded tires and other detritus of the rubber industry. MS goat resting under chassis of bus that is situated on blocks b/c there are no tires available. TLS of three buses which sit on blocks for lack of tires.
THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
Recycling. MS of a boy playing with a toy truck made of discarded metal cans. MS/CUs people in the Liberian village using discarded materials to make necessary objects, like aluminum cans into nightlights.
THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
MS/CUs boys harvesting straw and thatching a school roof in Zimbabwe; a man supervises the building of the school. Vocational School
THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
MS/CUs young African men reading a passage from Shakespeare during an English lesson. VO says instruction in Shakespeare is controversial in a country recently liberated from British colonialism. Male teacher leads a lesson about racism pertaining to the "Merchant of Venice".
THE AFRICANS: Tools of Exploitation
MS/CUs students being instructed in bricklaying. Vocational School
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Museum of the Revolution
Opening Title sequence depicting various African scenes.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Museum of the Revolution
MS bank of TV security monitors.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Museum of the Revolution
Interior shots of a large and extravagant hall in the Museum of the Revolution, Algiers, Algeria. TLS/MS of excellent and wondrously colorful stained glass window commemorating the banishment by Arab revolutionaries of the French colonialists.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Museum of the Revolution
Host Ali Mazrui says that in some cases, tradition can be revolutionary and modernity reactionary; points to a figure in the window at the Musuem of the Revolution, Algiers, Algeria, and tells the story of this religious revolutionary of the 19th Century; points out portraits of 1954 National Liberation Front leaders in the window.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Mozambique Civil War
MSs of Mozambique government soldiers riding in truck; then carrying rifles, patrolling a grassland area during Civil War; VO says this civil war is complicated by rebel support from South Africa; TLS/MSs of soldiers (Mozambique and Zimbabwe) patrolling a village. TLS/MSs of villagers taking shelter (refuge) at an abandoned gas service station. Mozambique Civil War
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Mozambique Civil War
A destroyed match factory, the target of rebel attacks. Mozambique Civil War.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Mozambique Civil War
Host Ali Mazrui deplores the fact that the civil war is decimating an already shaky economy; the rebel movement doesn't seem to make sense because it's wanton, aimless, terrorist destruction.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Mozambique Civil War
A destroyed match factory, the target of rebel attacks. Mozambique Civil War.
The Africans: New Conflicts - South Africa Indusrtry
MS/MCUs of a black man in an office in South Africa, making phone calls; identified as Cyril Ramaphosa, National Secretary of the Black Mine Worker's Union.
The Africans: New Conflicts - South Africa Indusrtry
MS/MCUs of mine workers, mostly black, working in mine; miner's helmet's with lights; VO discusses the Apartheid efforts to control the labor movement, including importing labor from abroad; MSs of train carrying ore through mine.
The Africans: New Conflicts - South Africa Indusrtry
MS/MCUs of black workers in a South African automobile factory (assembly plant); VO speculates that strikes could damage the government and therefore the Government keeps tight rein on labor leaders. Apartheid
THE AFRICANS: In Search of Stability
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