THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts
The Africans: New Conflicts. Regards the constant state of internal conflict endured by many African countries in post-colonial times. Edied unmixed program originally shot on film.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts
TLSs of Somalian soldiers on patrol in a grassland area, Somalia. Panning MS of rusted and damaged tank cannon, stop at soldier in tank turret. MS Somali soldier aiming machine gun, tilt U to TLS several Somali soldiers in red dirt trench, aiming weapons. MSs Somali soldiers and machine gun nests.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts
Host Ali Mazrui says the boundaries of colonialism combined some traditional antagonists and separated some traditional allies among African people, leading to conflict that continues today, even independent states struggle to be nations in the true sense of the word.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts
Scenic EST shots of the Somali grasslands.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts
Graphic shows the way Somalia has been divided by the borders of Colonial states of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya; graphics show the former, borderless patterns of population distribution in pre-colonial Africa, and the superimposed colonial boundaries; it's obvious that the political borders don't correspond well to distributions of major population groups; graphics show this in operation in Nigeria, with Yoruba, Hausa, and Ibo peoples.