The Africans: New Conflicts. Regards the constant state of internal conflict endured by many African countries in post-colonial times. Edited unmixed program originally shot on film.
Establishing shots of a Colonial administration building; VO discusses the effects of British policy in perpetuating antagonism between Christian and Muslim people in Nigeria. TLSs Nigerian people walking about streets, late afternoon.
MS/CUs of children singing and learning in an outdoor Islamic school in Northern Nigeria. Muslim school.
MS/CUs Ibo factory workers welding desk frames in a factory in Southern Nigeria; men welding auto engines and parts in a salvage yard.
TLS/MSs of a crowded slum in a Nigerian city, men doing business like selling tires & fan belts from small shops. Street scenes.
Host Ali Mazrui says that the success of the Ibo people in northern Nigeria relative to Muslim Hausas has caused conflict.