New Material, November 2006 -- Africana Library, Cornell University

Selected New Materials: November 2006

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Books:

A Tale of Two Africas: Nigeria and South Africa as Contrasting Visions. Ali A. Mazrui. James N. Karioki (editor). Africana Library: DT 515.8. M395 2006

Nigeria and South Africa provide the socioeconomic and political contrasts in the African condition. Some of these contrasts can be demonstrated in the following dialectics: Nigeria is the Africa of human resources, South Africa is a land of mineral resources; Nigeria is repellant to European settlement; South Africa is a magnet for such settlement; Nigeria is a mono-racial society, South Africa is a multiracial society; Nigeria is grappling with the politics of religion, South Africa's is pre-occupied with the politics of secularism; Nigeria is Africa's largest exporter of oil, South Africa is Africa's largest consumer of oil; Nigeria is a paradigm of indigenization, South Africa is a paragon of Westernization. Building on these contrasts, Professor Ali Mazrui, master of the dialectical approach to socio-political analysis, demonstrates how the two most influential countries between the Niger and the Cape of Good Hope are alternative faces of Africa. (Amazon.com)

Early American Abolitionists: A Collection of Anti-Slavery Writings 1760-1820. James G. Basker. Africana Library: E449 .E27 2005

Twelve Undergraduate Students Rediscover Lost Anti-Slavery Texts. from the Founding Era. In October, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History released a new book entitled Early American Abolitionists: A Collection of Anti-Slavery Writings 1760-1820 which restores to view some of the extensive anti-slavery literature that flourished in early America. The book reprints fifteen anti-slavery texts that, almost without exception, have been out of print for nearly two centuries. (gilderlehrman.org)

Engulfed by Katrina: Photographs before and After the Storm. Africana Library: F296 .E54 2006

This exhibition project examines and interprets the experience of Katrina on the Gulf Coast. Featuring more than 80 photographs, this thematic exhibition will explore the devastation of cities within the Gulf Coast, as well as life before and after the storm. The focus of the show is to fulfill the promise made by everyone almost immediately after the event which was to not let the impact of this horrific experience be forgotten. (Lightstalkers.org/engulfed_by_katrina)

Islam: Between Globalization & Counter-terrrorism. Ali A. Mazrui. Africana Library: BP 163.M387 2006

Islam in this twenty-first century is caught between three inter-related forces - globalization, international terrorism and the rise of the American Empire. This book examines those forces from the perspective of the rise and fall of civilizations. If Edward Gibbon and Arnold Toynbee could trace the decline of the Roman Empire to the challenge of Christianity, should we now anticipate the decline of the American Empire through the challenge of Islam? This book examines the stresses and strains of relations between Islam and the West in this era of tense globalization. (Word-power.co.uk)

King Hedley II. August Wilson .Africana Library: PS 3573 .I45677 K56 2005

Wilson's melody here is the mournful sound of what might have been a blues-tinged tale about a driven, almost demonic man. He's a petty thief named King who will stop at nothing for a better life. King Hedley is a big play, filled with big emotions and big speeches. These aria-like monologues are rich in humor, heartbreak and the astonishing details that go into creating real people. With his latest arrival on Broadway, Wilson only has the first and last decades of the twentieth century to chronicle-it's been quite a journey. (Amazon.com)

The Mazruiana Collection Revisited: Ali Mazrui Debating the African Condition. Abdul Samed Bemath. Africana Library: Z8552.3B46 2005

'Few figures in political science have produced a lifetime of work that would warrant cataloguing into a reference book. Ali A Mazrui is one of those few. He (Bemath) has produced a valuable resource for those interested in the ideas of a man who helped shape African scholarship in the twentieth century,' said Professor Robert L Ostergard Jr., Associate Director to Professor Mazrui, in his review of The Mazruiana Collection (1998). The late Edward Said stated in his book, Culture and Imperialism, about Mazrui's television series, The Africans, 'Here at last was an African on prime-time television, in the west, daring to accuse the West of what it had done, thus reopening a file considered closed.' These comments on Mazrui are reflected in The Mazruiana Collection Revisited, a four-decade annotated bibliography of his writings, covering the period 1962-2003. (Bowker’s Books In Print)

The Persistence of Geometry. Lowery Stkes Sims. Africana Library:N8217 .G44 S56 2006

Catalogue to the exhibition appearing at MOCA Cleveland, “Persistence of Geometry” studies geometry in art that spans ages and cultures to show how the language of universal form connects the imaginations of artists and viewers from around the world, and through time. (store.cmastore.org/peofge1.htm)

Wifredo Lam and the international Avant-Grade, 1923-1982. Lowery Stokes Sims. Africana Library: ND305 L3 S56 2002

With its signature style that marries Cubism and Surrealism with Afro-Cuban and Caribbean motifs, the art of Wifredo Lam occupies a unique position in the history of modern art. Like many modern artists, specifically Pablo Picasso, Lam participated in the primitivism movement, drawing inspiration and imagery from non-western, pre-technological cultures. Yet, unlike European and Euro American primitivisms, Lam, who was a Cuban of Spanish, African, and Chinese descent, was engaging with his own cultural heritage in his works. His authenticity as both "primitive" and "primitivism" challenges the fundamental tenets of primitivism and makes Lam an ambiguous, fascinating figure in twentieth-century art. (Bowker’s Books in Print)

Zulu Learners’ Reference Grammar. Audrey N. Mbeje .Africana Library: PL8842 .M36 2004

Zulu Learners Reference Grammar is one of the African Language Learners' Reference Grammar Series NALRC presents. It is written for speakers of English who are learning Zulu. This book helps them to understand the basic grammatical terms that they may not be familiar with. The bulk of the manual focuses on nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and objects. This book also provides a detailed explanation of clauses, sentences, interjections and prepositions. (NALRC)

Videos/DVDs

African/Diaspora Literature in the 21st Century: A Symposium in Honor of the Retirement of Professor Anne Adams: Part One: Panel Discussion. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 2 videodiscs (174 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 230

Panel discussion on African Diaspora literature in the 21st century to honor Professor Anne Adams on the occasion of her retirement. Participants, Moderator for part one, Locksley Edmondson; part two, Salah Hassan. Speakers for part one, Carole Boyce-Davies, Janis Mayes, Vincent Odamtten; part two, Robert L. Harris, Jr., James Turner, Josephine Allen, N’Dri Assie-Lumumba, Ali Mazrui, Ellen Vonn, Abdul Nanji, Ayele Bekerie.

After the Hurricane: An Update A Talk by Malik Rahim. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (94 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 236

Malik Rahim provides an update on the work that has been going on in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina hit over one year ago. In addition, he gives an outline of the grassroots organization, Common Ground Relief, founded in September 2005, New Orleans as reaction to Hurricane Katrina. Cornell students Justin Davis and Denise Moore give an overview of what students from Cornell have done in assisting victims/survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

The Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939: A Reading by Robert L. Harris, Jr. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 1 videodisc (75 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 229

Robert Harris provides a reading from the book he co-edited with Rosalyn Terborg-Penn. He also provides insight into the writing of the book. Participants, Speaker, Robert L. Harris, Jr.

Coming to America. Hollywood, CA: Paramount, 1999. 1 videodisc (114 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 217

Comedy about a Wealthy, Pampered African Prince who comes to America in search of a bride. Accompanied by his closest companion, the prince quickly finds a new job, new friends and lots of trouble.

Dark Designs and Visual Culture: A Reading by Michele Wallace. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 1 videodisc (71min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 225

Michele Wallace provides a reading from her book, Dark designs and visual culture. She also provides some insight into the writing of the book.

The Fighting Temptations. Hollywood, Calif.: Paramount, 2004. 1 videodisc (122 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 216

Darren is a New York ad executive who travels to a small town in the Deep South after receiving word that his aunt has left him a sizable inheritance. Darren is informed that he will only receive the money if he successfully leads a local gospel choir to victory at an upcoming competition. Darren takes on the task of finding the best singers in town and forming the group. There, he meets Lilly, a single mother who not only possesses an incredible voice but also the ability to warm Darren’s cold heart.

For Those Who Live at the Shoreline: Eve’s Bayou, Affectivity, and the Cinematic Black Femme Function-A Lecture by Kara Keeling. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University.2006. 1 videodisc (63 min). Africana Library: Videodisc 238

Opening with a reference to Audre Lorde’s Poem a Litany for Survival, lecturer Kara Keeling addresses the topic of the cinema transforming into a mechanism which "perfects" a new reality. She argues that within the media there is a "cinematic relative" and a "radical elsewhere".

Gendering Africana Studies: Speaker, Beverly Guy-Sheftall. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (125 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 237

Beverly Guy-Sheftall discusses her work on "Global Black feminism", and argues that Africana studies would be enhanced by taking a serious examination of how gender is taught throughout Africa and the African Diaspora; particularly in Africana feminist scholarship. Hortense Spillers discusses the social justice movement. She places special focus on the unusual and unprecedented social condition that people have to live with today. Michelle Wallace discusses issues concerning global feminism, especially those dealing with peace, justice and social change among women around the world.

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: A Lecture by Mahmood Mamdani. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2004. 1 videodisc (123 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 218

Mahmood Mamdani gives a public lecture based on his book, Good Muslim, bad Muslim. Among other things Mamdani challenges the viewer to look at terrorist beyond groups such as Al Qaeda, and look at state sponsor terror. He also gives an analysis of the western stereotype of what a Muslim is. Post 9/11.

In Rwanda We Say…The Family That Does Not Speak Dies. Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, c2004. 1 videodisc (54 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 233

"Two years [after the Gacaca tribunals] close to 16,000 of these [genocide] suspects, still untried, are released across the country. Having confessed to their crimes and having served the maximum sentence the Gacaca tribunals would eventually impose, perpetrators of appalling crimes are sent home to plow fields and fetch water alongside the people they victimized. IN RWANDA WE SAY focuse[s] on the release of one suspect, tracking the effect of his return on a tiny hillside hamlet. While the government’s message of a "united Rwandan family" permeates the language of the community, the imposed co-existence brings forth varying emotions, from numb acceptance to repressed rage. Violence seems to lurk just below the surface"--Container.

A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt: An African Memoir, A Reading by Toyin Falola. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 1 videodisc (90 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 228

Toyin Falola provides a reading from her book, A Mouth Sweeter than salt: an African memoir. She also provides some insight into the writing of the book.

The Prison Industrial Complex: Incarceration and Regimes of Punishment: A Discussion of Angel Davis’ Book Are Prisons Obsolete? Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (122 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 231

Participants take part in a discussion on Angela Davis’ book Are Prisons Obsolete? Participants: James Turner (professor of Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University), Robert Harris (professor of Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University), Leslie Jones (lawyer), Kayla Dorsey (graduate student of Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University), Jimmy Kirby (graduate student of Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University), Barry Maxwell (Sr. lecturer).

Reclaiming Zimbabwe: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation: A Reading by Horace Campbell. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 1 videodisc (62 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 227

Horace Campbell provides a reading from his book, Reclaiming Zimbabwe: the exhaustion of patriarchal model of liberation. He also provides some insight into the writing of the book.

That’s Black Entertainment: Celebrating Legendary Blacks Comedians. Sherman Oaks, CA: S’more Entertainment: SFM Entertainment, 2005. 1 videodisc (189 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 234

"That’s Black Entertainment" is a fascinating three-part series that showcases the groundbreaking work of African American talent during the early years of Black cinema.

Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde: A Reading by Alexis De Veaux. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2004. 1 videodisc (62 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 219

Alexis De Veaux provides a reading from the biography that she wrote on Audre Lorde. She also provides some insight into the writing of the book.

Wilfredo Lam and the International Avant Garde, 1923-1983 A Readering by Lowery Stokes Sims. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (56 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 235

Lowery Stokes Sims provides a reading and selected images from her book, Wilfredo Lam and the international avant garde, 1923-1983. She also provides insight into the writing of the book, and selected images from the book.


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		Print This Page Selected New Materials: November 2006 Click Here For Previous Months \| Purchase Request Books \| Videos/DVDs Books: A Tale of Two Africas: Nigeria and South Africa as Contrasting Visions. Ali A. Mazrui. James N. Karioki (editor). Africana Library: DT 515.8. M395 2006 Nigeria and South Africa provide the socioeconomic and political contrasts in the African condition. Some of these contrasts can be demonstrated in the following dialectics: Nigeria is the Africa of human resources, South Africa is a land of mineral resources; Nigeria is repellant to European settlement; South Africa is a magnet for such settlement; Nigeria is a mono-racial society, South Africa is a multiracial society; Nigeria is grappling with the politics of religion, South Africa's is pre-occupied with the politics of secularism; Nigeria is Africa's largest exporter of oil, South Africa is Africa's largest consumer of oil; Nigeria is a paradigm of indigenization, South Africa is a paragon of Westernization. Building on these contrasts, Professor Ali Mazrui, master of the dialectical approach to socio-political analysis, demonstrates how the two most influential countries between the Niger and the Cape of Good Hope are alternative faces of Africa. (Amazon.com) Early American Abolitionists: A Collection of Anti-Slavery Writings 1760-1820. James G. Basker. Africana Library: E449 .E27 2005 Twelve Undergraduate Students Rediscover Lost Anti-Slavery Texts. from the Founding Era. In October, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History released a new book entitled Early American Abolitionists: A Collection of Anti-Slavery Writings 1760-1820 which restores to view some of the extensive anti-slavery literature that flourished in early America. The book reprints fifteen anti-slavery texts that, almost without exception, have been out of print for nearly two centuries. (gilderlehrman.org) Engulfed by Katrina: Photographs before and After the Storm. Africana Library: F296 .E54 2006 This exhibition project examines and interprets the experience of Katrina on the Gulf Coast. Featuring more than 80 photographs, this thematic exhibition will explore the devastation of cities within the Gulf Coast, as well as life before and after the storm. The focus of the show is to fulfill the promise made by everyone almost immediately after the event which was to not let the impact of this horrific experience be forgotten. (Lightstalkers.org/engulfed_by_katrina) Islam: Between Globalization & Counter-terrrorism. Ali A. Mazrui. Africana Library: BP 163.M387 2006 Islam in this twenty-first century is caught between three inter-related forces - globalization, international terrorism and the rise of the American Empire. This book examines those forces from the perspective of the rise and fall of civilizations. If Edward Gibbon and Arnold Toynbee could trace the decline of the Roman Empire to the challenge of Christianity, should we now anticipate the decline of the American Empire through the challenge of Islam? This book examines the stresses and strains of relations between Islam and the West in this era of tense globalization. (Word-power.co.uk) King Hedley II. August Wilson .Africana Library: PS 3573 .I45677 K56 2005 Wilson's melody here is the mournful sound of what might have been a blues-tinged tale about a driven, almost demonic man. He's a petty thief named King who will stop at nothing for a better life. King Hedley is a big play, filled with big emotions and big speeches. These aria-like monologues are rich in humor, heartbreak and the astonishing details that go into creating real people. With his latest arrival on Broadway, Wilson only has the first and last decades of the twentieth century to chronicle-it's been quite a journey. (Amazon.com) The Mazruiana Collection Revisited: Ali Mazrui Debating the African Condition. Abdul Samed Bemath. Africana Library: Z8552.3B46 2005 'Few figures in political science have produced a lifetime of work that would warrant cataloguing into a reference book. Ali A Mazrui is one of those few. He (Bemath) has produced a valuable resource for those interested in the ideas of a man who helped shape African scholarship in the twentieth century,' said Professor Robert L Ostergard Jr., Associate Director to Professor Mazrui, in his review of The Mazruiana Collection (1998). The late Edward Said stated in his book, Culture and Imperialism, about Mazrui's television series, The Africans, 'Here at last was an African on prime-time television, in the west, daring to accuse the West of what it had done, thus reopening a file considered closed.' These comments on Mazrui are reflected in The Mazruiana Collection Revisited, a four-decade annotated bibliography of his writings, covering the period 1962-2003. (Bowker’s Books In Print) The Persistence of Geometry. Lowery Stkes Sims. Africana Library:N8217 .G44 S56 2006 Catalogue to the exhibition appearing at MOCA Cleveland, “Persistence of Geometry” studies geometry in art that spans ages and cultures to show how the language of universal form connects the imaginations of artists and viewers from around the world, and through time. (store.cmastore.org/peofge1.htm) Wifredo Lam and the international Avant-Grade, 1923-1982. Lowery Stokes Sims. Africana Library: ND305 L3 S56 2002 With its signature style that marries Cubism and Surrealism with Afro-Cuban and Caribbean motifs, the art of Wifredo Lam occupies a unique position in the history of modern art. Like many modern artists, specifically Pablo Picasso, Lam participated in the primitivism movement, drawing inspiration and imagery from non-western, pre-technological cultures. Yet, unlike European and Euro American primitivisms, Lam, who was a Cuban of Spanish, African, and Chinese descent, was engaging with his own cultural heritage in his works. His authenticity as both "primitive" and "primitivism" challenges the fundamental tenets of primitivism and makes Lam an ambiguous, fascinating figure in twentieth-century art. (Bowker’s Books in Print) Zulu Learners’ Reference Grammar. Audrey N. Mbeje .Africana Library: PL8842 .M36 2004 Zulu Learners Reference Grammar is one of the African Language Learners' Reference Grammar Series NALRC presents. It is written for speakers of English who are learning Zulu. This book helps them to understand the basic grammatical terms that they may not be familiar with. The bulk of the manual focuses on nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and objects. This book also provides a detailed explanation of clauses, sentences, interjections and prepositions. (NALRC) Videos/DVDs African/Diaspora Literature in the 21st Century: A Symposium in Honor of the Retirement of Professor Anne Adams: Part One: Panel Discussion. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 2 videodiscs (174 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 230 Panel discussion on African Diaspora literature in the 21st century to honor Professor Anne Adams on the occasion of her retirement. Participants, Moderator for part one, Locksley Edmondson; part two, Salah Hassan. Speakers for part one, Carole Boyce-Davies, Janis Mayes, Vincent Odamtten; part two, Robert L. Harris, Jr., James Turner, Josephine Allen, N’Dri Assie-Lumumba, Ali Mazrui, Ellen Vonn, Abdul Nanji, Ayele Bekerie. After the Hurricane: An Update A Talk by Malik Rahim. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (94 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 236 Malik Rahim provides an update on the work that has been going on in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina hit over one year ago. In addition, he gives an outline of the grassroots organization, Common Ground Relief, founded in September 2005, New Orleans as reaction to Hurricane Katrina. Cornell students Justin Davis and Denise Moore give an overview of what students from Cornell have done in assisting victims/survivors of Hurricane Katrina. The Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939: A Reading by Robert L. Harris, Jr. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 1 videodisc (75 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 229 Robert Harris provides a reading from the book he co-edited with Rosalyn Terborg-Penn. He also provides insight into the writing of the book. Participants, Speaker, Robert L. Harris, Jr. Coming to America. Hollywood, CA: Paramount, 1999. 1 videodisc (114 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 217 Comedy about a Wealthy, Pampered African Prince who comes to America in search of a bride. Accompanied by his closest companion, the prince quickly finds a new job, new friends and lots of trouble. Dark Designs and Visual Culture: A Reading by Michele Wallace. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 1 videodisc (71min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 225 Michele Wallace provides a reading from her book, Dark designs and visual culture. She also provides some insight into the writing of the book. The Fighting Temptations. Hollywood, Calif.: Paramount, 2004. 1 videodisc (122 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 216 Darren is a New York ad executive who travels to a small town in the Deep South after receiving word that his aunt has left him a sizable inheritance. Darren is informed that he will only receive the money if he successfully leads a local gospel choir to victory at an upcoming competition. Darren takes on the task of finding the best singers in town and forming the group. There, he meets Lilly, a single mother who not only possesses an incredible voice but also the ability to warm Darren’s cold heart. For Those Who Live at the Shoreline: Eve’s Bayou, Affectivity, and the Cinematic Black Femme Function-A Lecture by Kara Keeling. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University.2006. 1 videodisc (63 min). Africana Library: Videodisc 238 Opening with a reference to Audre Lorde’s Poem a Litany for Survival, lecturer Kara Keeling addresses the topic of the cinema transforming into a mechanism which "perfects" a new reality. She argues that within the media there is a "cinematic relative" and a "radical elsewhere". Gendering Africana Studies: Speaker, Beverly Guy-Sheftall. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (125 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 237 Beverly Guy-Sheftall discusses her work on "Global Black feminism", and argues that Africana studies would be enhanced by taking a serious examination of how gender is taught throughout Africa and the African Diaspora; particularly in Africana feminist scholarship. Hortense Spillers discusses the social justice movement. She places special focus on the unusual and unprecedented social condition that people have to live with today. Michelle Wallace discusses issues concerning global feminism, especially those dealing with peace, justice and social change among women around the world. Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: A Lecture by Mahmood Mamdani. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2004. 1 videodisc (123 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 218 Mahmood Mamdani gives a public lecture based on his book, Good Muslim, bad Muslim. Among other things Mamdani challenges the viewer to look at terrorist beyond groups such as Al Qaeda, and look at state sponsor terror. He also gives an analysis of the western stereotype of what a Muslim is. Post 9/11. In Rwanda We Say…The Family That Does Not Speak Dies. Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, c2004. 1 videodisc (54 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 233 "Two years [after the Gacaca tribunals] close to 16,000 of these [genocide] suspects, still untried, are released across the country. Having confessed to their crimes and having served the maximum sentence the Gacaca tribunals would eventually impose, perpetrators of appalling crimes are sent home to plow fields and fetch water alongside the people they victimized. IN RWANDA WE SAY focuse[s] on the release of one suspect, tracking the effect of his return on a tiny hillside hamlet. While the government’s message of a "united Rwandan family" permeates the language of the community, the imposed co-existence brings forth varying emotions, from numb acceptance to repressed rage. Violence seems to lurk just below the surface"--Container. A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt: An African Memoir, A Reading by Toyin Falola. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 1 videodisc (90 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 228 Toyin Falola provides a reading from her book, A Mouth Sweeter than salt: an African memoir. She also provides some insight into the writing of the book. The Prison Industrial Complex: Incarceration and Regimes of Punishment: A Discussion of Angel Davis’ Book Are Prisons Obsolete? Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (122 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 231 Participants take part in a discussion on Angela Davis’ book Are Prisons Obsolete? Participants: James Turner (professor of Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University), Robert Harris (professor of Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University), Leslie Jones (lawyer), Kayla Dorsey (graduate student of Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University), Jimmy Kirby (graduate student of Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University), Barry Maxwell (Sr. lecturer). Reclaiming Zimbabwe: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation: A Reading by Horace Campbell. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 1 videodisc (62 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 227 Horace Campbell provides a reading from his book, Reclaiming Zimbabwe: the exhaustion of patriarchal model of liberation. He also provides some insight into the writing of the book. That’s Black Entertainment: Celebrating Legendary Blacks Comedians. Sherman Oaks, CA: S’more Entertainment: SFM Entertainment, 2005. 1 videodisc (189 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 234 "That’s Black Entertainment" is a fascinating three-part series that showcases the groundbreaking work of African American talent during the early years of Black cinema. Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde: A Reading by Alexis De Veaux. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2004. 1 videodisc (62 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 219 Alexis De Veaux provides a reading from the biography that she wrote on Audre Lorde. She also provides some insight into the writing of the book. Wilfredo Lam and the International Avant Garde, 1923-1983 A Readering by Lowery Stokes Sims. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (56 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 235 Lowery Stokes Sims provides a reading and selected images from her book, Wilfredo Lam and the international avant garde, 1923-1983. She also provides insight into the writing of the book, and selected images from the book.