The Africans: Tools of Exploitation. Regards the deliberate and subtle methods of economic exploitation in post-colonial Africa. Edited unmixed program originally shot on film.
TLS rickety ships docked in harbor in East Africa. MS/CUs of markets, mosques, Muslim citizens on streets. TLS of an Arab Dhow sailing in the harbor.
MSs of citizens in the streets of an East African town, fashion reflecting mixture of Islamic and African cultures. MS Muslim man at sewing machine. EST shots port city.
Host Ali Mazrui discusses the different system of slavery practiced by the Arabs versus the Anglo-Saxon forms and its impact on the form of society.
MCU women in Muslim head scarves on bustling streets.
Host Ali Mazrui discusses the different system of slavery practiced by the Arabs versus the Anglo-Saxon forms and its impact on the form of society.