Locally Produced Video Cassettes A-F
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter A
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter B
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter C
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter D
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter E
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter F
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER A
Aesthetic Politics of Gender: The Dialogics
of Difference in Africa. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana
Studies and Research Center, 1990. 1 videocassette (92 min.)
Folabo Ajayi explores the notion of liberation and feminism in the context
of modern day African societies. AFR Video 579
The African American-Japanese Racial Equality Proposal of 1919: A Lecture by Sherry Martin. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 1 videodisc (69 min.)
Sherry Martin reflects on the international legal enactment that set the pace for racial discriminations and inequality against nations and peoples considered minorities by western powers, as evident in the 1919 Versailles, Paris conference which give birth to the League of Nations. AFR Videodisc 212
Africa and the Legacy of Slavery. Africana Studies
and Research Center, Cornell University. 2001. 1 videocassette (90 min.)
Shows one segment of the speaker's 15-part TV documentary, Slave routes:
a trail so long gone, which was broadcast by Ghana television. Followed
by a talk based on the African Humanities Institute 1998 project, Memory
& vision: Africa and the legacy of slavery, which he directed. AFR
543
- The Africa Studies Challenge to International
Studies: Retrospect and Prospect. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University,
Africana Studies and Research Center, 1991. 1 videocassette (108 min.)
Presented by Locksley Edmondson. Lecture deals with the role of Africa studies in international studies in universities and colleges in the United States and throughout the world. AFR Video 183
African American Young Men 'At Risk' in the
Public School System. AS&RC Colloquium series Cornell University,
Africana Studies and Research Center. 1996. 1 videocassette (84 min.)
John Raible speaks about the Afro-American youth education in high schoolsbased
on his experiences at the Ithaca High School. AFR Video 344
African Americans and Ethiopians. Cornell
University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1992. 1 videocassette
(90 min.)
Harris talks about the Ethiopian diaspora and identity. He describes
the historical relation between African Americans and Ethiopians, beginning
with the period 1897-1930. AFR Video 443
Africana Studies and Research Center Colloquium Series. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. [n.d.] 1 videocassette (65 min.)
Addresses the audience about regaining the initiative in the propaganda debate. Also discusses the question of how to get people to pay attention to the scholarship we produce. AFR Video 632a
Africana Studies in Africa and the Diaspora.
Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 1997. 9 videocassettes.
Presiding speaker, Robert L. Harris; keynote speaker, Ali A. Mazrui;
welcomed by James Turner. Videotaped live at Sheraton Hotel, Ithaca,
New York on September 19-20, 1997. Speakers present their views on Africana
studies in the age of globalizaion. AFR Video 380
- African Arts Today: Creativity, Aesthetic &
Identity Conference. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana
Studies and Research Center, 1993. 4 video cassettes.
Videos taped at the conference held at Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center in March 1993. Speakers talk about popular arts in Africa and their implications on Afro-Americans. AFR Video 135
African Contribution to American Culture. Africana
Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 1989. 1 videocassette
(85 min.)
Joseph E. Holloway, author of Africanisms in American culture, discusses
the subject matter of the research that lead to this work. The historical
origins of Africanisms in African-American as well as White American
culture are discussed. The author also introduces a dual African heritage
theory that suggests that house and field slaves contributed to the
American culture in specific ways. Africanism found in language, food,
agriculture, and religion are among those discussed. AFR Video
407
African Diaspora Literature in the 21st Century: A Symposium in Honor of the Retirement of Professor Anne Adams. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 2 videodiscs (174 min.)
Part One: Panel Discussion. Discussion on African Diaspora literature in the 21st century to honor Professor Anne Adams on the occasion of her retirement. Moderator, Locksley Edmondson; speakers; Carole Boyce-Davies, Janis Mayes, and Vincent Odamtten; Part Two: Tributes, moderator, Salah Hassan; speakers, Robert L. Harris, Jr., James Turner, Josephine Allen, N’Dri Assie-Lumumba, Ali Mazrui, Ellen Vonn, Abdul Nanji, Ayele Bekerie. AFR Videodisc 230
African Historiography: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center,
1991. 1 videocassette (104 min.)
Presented by Don Ohadike. Lecture discusses the historiography of Africa
from the standpoints of its history, the contemporary period, and its
future. AFR Video 179
African Literature Association Conference.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center,
1987. 12 video cassettes.
Speakers talked about African literature, Africans, African diaspora
in literature, African identity, and AIDS epidemic questions in literature.
Also discussed their interpretation of the relationship between literature
and development in Africa. Ali Mazrui discusses the sources of his
position in The Africans. Tape 5 has poetry reading by poets from
Jamaica, Ghana, and South Africa. AFR Video 122
Africana Center: Pre-Dedication Ceremony. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University.2005. 1 videodisc (88 min.)
A pre-dedication ceremony celebrating the expansion of the Africana Studies and Research Center (ASRC), and the completion of the construction of its new facilities. A new 5,840 square foot building was also built to house a multi-purpose room as well as the Center’s John Hendrik Clarke Library. Among the speakers at the program were Salah Hassan (Director, ASRC), provost Biddy Martin, and Professor James E. Turner (Africana studies), founder of the ASRC. AFR Videodisc 241
- Africana Paradigms for Research and Analysis in
the Social Sciences of Racial Structure and Politics in America.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center,
1991. 1 videocassette (123 min.)
Presented by James E. Turner. Lecture discusses the Africana Studies movement, now in its third decade, looking at its history and implications for the present. AFR Video 181
Africana Studies and Research Center Black Drama Workshop: Three Student-Written Plays / [Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center]. 1992. 1 videocassette (125 min.) Shows three plays written by students. AFR Video 554
Africana Studies Paradigm: Tribute to James E.
Turner. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research
Center, 1986. 8 video cassettes (876 min.)
Speakers: Gwendolyn Brooks, Haki Madhubuti, Ken McClane, Sonia Sanchez,
John Henrik Clarke, Tilden J. Lemelle, Molefi Asante, Barbara Sizemore,
Donald Smith, Vivian Gordon, James Baldwin, Howard Dodson, William
Strickland, Ron Walters, Maulana Karenga. Presentation and tribute
to Professor James Turner. Tape 7 and 8 show dinner presentations
and entertainment with the Harambee Singers. AFR Video 173
- Afro-American and White Women Conference.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center,
1988. 5 video cassettes (410 min.)
Participants: Rebecca Rice, Barbara Smith, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Cathy Valentino, Peggy Haine, Faith Nolan, Sandra Pollack. Conference presentations highlight the role and situation of Afro-American and white American women in today's world. Presentations include lectures, readings, singing, and drama, and deal with issues of race, class, gender and sexuality. AFR Video 172
After the Hurricane: An Update A Talk by Malik Rahim. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (94 min.)
Malik Rahim provides an one year update on the work that had been going on in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina hit. In addition, he gives an outline of the grassroots organization, Common Ground Relief, founded in September 2005. Cornell students Justin Davis and Denise Moore give an overview of what students from Cornell have done in assisting victims/survivors of Hurricane Katrina. AFR Videodisc 236
- AIDS in Africa. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University,
Africana Studies and Research Center, 1992. 5 video cassettes.
Videos taped at the conference sponsored by Cornell African Students Association on April 17-18, 1992. Speakers talked about the history of AIDS in Africa, the global AIDS epidemic and African perspective, AIDS education, AIDS and women in Sub-Saharan Africa, and prevention and control of AIDS. AFR Video 134
Allan Boesak Choosing For Justice. VHS NTSC copy of original class video. [Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Library, 2005]. 1985. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
James Earl Jones provides a narrative profile of Allan Boesak’s work against segregation in South Africa. AFR Video 615a
An Africana Perspective on the Development of
Women's Studies in South African Black Universities. 1995. 1 videocassette
(100 min.)
Veliswa Tshabalala talks about her pursuit to establish women's studies
in South African Black universities. Also explains women's movement
in historical perspectives. AFR Video 210
Apartheid Forum: Cornell African Studies Association. Cornell African Students Association / Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 1988. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
Discussions covering issues of Apartheid in South Africa and its relationship to the rest of the world, and an analysis of global perspectives on Apartheid. AFR Video 631a
A Poetic Voyage into Soul Time. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 1992. 1 videocassette (84 min.). Kofi Anyidoho presents his finished collection of poems that provides an insight to current socio-economic and political issues that he outlines in his book. AFR Video 620a
Are You Listening? Welfare Mothers. Africana
Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 1971. 1 videocassette
(58 min.)
This video is about the plight of welfare mothers and the struggles
they endure being on welfare. Also discusses Woodlawn Sisterhood, a
black women's group, which serves as a backbone for mothers. AFR
Video 538
Artist talks with Willie Cole. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006.1 videodisc (134 min.)
Contemporary artist Willie Cole lectures about how he was able to take various objects like irons and lawn jockeys and create powerful art work which gives references to the African American and West African experiences. This lecture was in conjunction with his exhibition after burn, Willie Cole: selected works, 1997-2004. AFR Videodisc 161
AS&RC Conference. Between 1980
and 1989? 1 videocassette (87 min.)
Both speakers challenge scholars and students to write about Black people,
especially women, and their events. Bettye Thomas talks about Black
women in American history and Vincent Harding urges Black youth to conduct
research which will lead to the creation of institutions of freedom
for the Black struggle after slavery. AFR Video 424
AS&RC Conference Tape 1. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (78 min.)
Presented by James Turner, Lenore Bennett. James Turner welcomes guests
and speakers to the conference marking the 10th year of the Africana
Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. Talked about the origin
and the history of the Center which originates from the Black experience.
Lenore Bennett talks about the need to integrate many famous Black people
into the history and documents in order to shape the structure and meaning
of Black history. AFR Video 563
AS&RC Conference Tape 3. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (55 min.)
Presented by Johnella Butler, Shirley Webber, Ewart Guinier. Johnella
Butler talks about the methodology of teaching: there must be a dialogue
between students and teachers. Ewart Guinier talks about a program to
achieve a profound understanding of the past and the present for the
future. Shirley Webber talks about the intellectual necessity for Black
education. AFR Video 564
AS&RC Conference Tape 4. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (52 min.)
Presented by Tilden J. Lemelle, William E. Nelson. William Nelson explains
the need for scholarly research on the status of Black social, economic,
and political advancement in order to change government policy towards
Blacks. Tilden Lemelle defines the role of Black studies in the higher
institution. AFR Video 565
AS&RC Conference Tape 5. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (64 min.)
Presented by Ibrahim Sundiata, Ivan Van Sertima. Examine the challenges
and advantages of redefining African history in a historical, socio-cultural,
and anthropological context. AFR Video 566
AS&RC Conference Tape 6. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (50 min.)
Presented by Ibrahim Sundiata, Ivan Van Sertima. Lectures on African
history and the importance of an Afrocentric perspective for the study
and teaching African history. AFR Video 567
AS&RC Conference Tape 8. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (96 min.)
Presented by Eleanor Traylor, Toni Cade Bambara, Stephen Henderson,
George Kent. Eleanor Traylor defines and examine modernity. The three
panelists discuss the question of modernity and other directions as
it relates to African American literature. AFR Video 568
AS&RC Conference Tape 9. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (52min.)
Presented by Gayla Cook, Makila James, Robert Johnson. These graduates
reflect upon their experiences at the Africana Studies and Reaearch
Center, Cornell University. Relate how they were propared for their
lives through the institution. Also explain the need for Black institutions
within larger institutions. AFR Video 569
AS&RC Conference Tape 10. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (59 min.)
Presented by Kamu B. Kokayi, Andre McLaughlin, Janis McManus. These
graduates reflect upon their experiences at the Africana Studies and
Reaearch Center, Cornell University. Discuss the impact of the Center
on their academic and career development. Andre McLaughlin recounts
her experiences and roles in the creation of the Center. AFR
Video 570
AS&RC Conference Tape 11. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (64 min.)
Presented by Delores M. Mortimer, Frank Scruggs, Hoyt Fuller, Michael
Thelwell.
These graduates of the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell
University relate the Center's role as an integral, interdisciplinary
approach to education. Also discuss possible avenues of growth and development
for the Center. Michael Thelwell lectures on modernist Black literature,
as wll as its social, political implications. AFR Video 571
AS&RC Conference Tape 12. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (64 min.)
Presented by Michael Thelwell, George Lamming, Daniel P. Kunene. Michael
Thelwell raises the issue of Black writers and their accountability
to the Black community. George Lamming examines the role of Carnival
in Caribbean literature. Daniel P. Kunene lectures on the importance
of being critical readers of Black literature. AFR Video 572
AS&RC Conference Tape 14. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (64 min.)
Presented by Opoku Agyeman, W. Ofuatey-Kodjoe, Ronald Walters.
Explores the topic of Pan-Africanism and its implications for future
African development. AFR Video 573
AS&RC Conference Tape 15. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (64 min.)
Presented by Ronald W. Walters, Sylvia Wynter, Manny Marable, Willard
R. Johnson. Lectures on Pan-Africanism, Black self identity and intellectual
affirmation, and political economy as it pertains to the Black community-
nationally and globally. AFR Video 574
AS&RC Conference Tape 16. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (65 min.)
Presented by Ronald W. Walters, Bernard Magubane, Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja.
Discuss the state of the African economy in historical, social, and
political contexts. Proposed various solutions to strengthen and build
economic stability in African community. AFR Video 575
AS&RC Conference Tape 17. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, Between
1980 and 1989? 1 videocassette (46 min.)
Presented by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, William W. Sales, Jr. Georges
Nzongola-Ntalaja examines the relationship between Marxist theory and
African economic development, and explores its many shortcomings. William
W. Sales speaks on the development of African American communities under
capitalism. AFR Video 576
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER B
Banquet of the Cornell Black Alumni Association.
Ithaca, NY: Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University,
1989. 1 videocassette (105 min.)
This video shows a scholarship fund drive dinner and awards ceremony
held by the Cornell Black Alumni Association. AFR Video 422
Becoming Black: Creating Identity in the Diaspora. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 2005. 1 videodisc (60 min.)
Discusses the structure and context of her book Becoming Black: creating identity in the African Diasporas, and what motivated her to write it. The book stresses Black subjectivity and how it relates to white authors who have always portrayed Blacks as outsiders to Western culture in spite of centuries of Black presence, contributions and accomplishments. AFR Videodisc 164
- The Beginning of Africana Studies. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1989.
1 videocassette (118 min.)
Panel: Michael Thelwell, Haki Madhubuti, Leonard Jeffries. Panelists talk about the beginning of Africana studies, its struggle, development, problems, and future. AFR Video 171 - Beverly Manley lecture. 1991. 1 videocassette
(73 min.)
Visiting professor, Beverly Manley, discusses the women's movement in Jamaica during the 1970s. AFR 304 - Beyond the Black Family: A Look Into the 21st
Century. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Africana Studies &
Research Center, 1988. 1 videocassette (65 min.)
Presented by Robert Staples. Reviews some historical factors shaping the black family. Discusses male/female roles in black families, poverty, marriage, and fertility. AFR Video 352 - The Black Church as a Community Resource.
Ithaca, NY: Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University,
1995. 1 videocassette (70 min.)
Presented by Rev. Cleveland Thornhill. AFR Video 202 - Black Drama Workshop - Happy Ending. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2003. 1 videocassette 77 min. This film is a student production at Cornell University focusing on the disappearance of Black people and how this was detrimental to the livelihoods of Whites. The film addresses the importance Black people had in the functioning of the lives of White people during a time when Black people were deemed inferior and subordinate to Whites. AFR 614a
- Black Gangs & Servicing Youth. Ithaca,
NY: Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 1988.
1 video cassette.
Presented by Useni Eugene Perkins. Useni Eugene Perkins talks about youth psychology and Afro-American criminal gang groups that seek identity, recognition, power and security. AFR Video 127 - Black People and the Struggle for democracy: Politics
and Art. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and
Research Center, 1985. 1 videocassette (75 min.)
Presented by Amiri Baraka. Amiri Baraka talks about the relationship of Afro-Americans in the society and the struggle for democracy through resistance of Afro-American literature. AFR Video 130 - Black Politics in Ithaca. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1995. 1 videocassette
(73 min.)
Presented by Diann Samms, Councilwoman Ward 2, Ithaca, NY. Ithaca City councilwoman Diann Samms talks about how she worked and managed to become the first and only Afro-American woman on the Council. AFR Video 201 - Black Pride: Dealing with Selfishness in the African
American Community. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies
and Research Center, 1988. 1 videocassette (105 min.)
Videotaped at Ujamaa House, Cornell University, on the occasion of Kwanza celebration. Dr. James Turner discusses negative factors which weaken communities. AFR Video 365 - Black Solidarity Day: "A New Agenda."
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center,
1988. 1 videocassette (104 min.)
Presented by Manning Marable. Marable discusses the political situation of African Americans in 1988, the presidential campaign of 1988 and what it means for Afro-Americans, and a strategy for Black solidarity and empowerment. AFR Video 184 - Blacks in Science. Cornell University,
Africana Studies and Research Center.1984. 1 videocassette (85 min.)
Speaker, Ivan Van Sertima. Ivan Van Sertima discusses the myths of Africans in science and anthropology. He also talks about Black inventors and modern inventions by Blacks. AFR Video 391
Bobby Seale and Imari Obadele. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1987. 1 videocassette
(123 min.)
Imari Obadele talks about United States constitution and its relationship
with Afro-Americans (ca. 40 min.) and Bobby Seale talks about community
based programs to be involved in social responsibilities (ca. 83 min.).
AFR Video 225
Brown V. Board of Education: Race & Education 50 Years Later: Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 4 videodiscs (243 min.)
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of public education in the United States, Cornell University’s Africana Studies professor Robert L. Harris delivers in Disc One an introduction providing a synopsis and offering a historical perspective of the five court cases called Belton v. Gephart, Bolling v. Sharpe, Briggs v. Elliot, Davis v. County Board of Prince County, and Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas that were combined for the momentous United States Supreme Court decision of May 17, 1954. In Disc Two Derrick A. Bell argues that schools today remain separate and unequal in funding. As in Disc Three Charles Ogletree addresses the plight of our current system of education. And in Disc Four Kimberley Crenshaw addresses the relationship between critical race theory and economics, as well as postmodernist perceptions on race. Participants, Speakers, Robert L. Harris, Derrick A. Bell, Charles Ogletree, Kimberley Crenshaw. AFR Videodisc 295
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER C
Dr. Ben's Retirement Colloquium. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1988.
1 videocassette (117 min.)
Various individuals engage in speaking, singing, and making presentations
in honor of Dr. Ben Jochannan. AFR Video 583
A Call to Action, a Quest for Vision, a Call to
a Character. Ithaca, NY: Jean Dorancy Productions, 1992. 1 videocassette
(90 min.)
Introduction by Dorothy Cotton. Jesse Jackson, president and founder
of the National Rainbow Coalition, speaks on the historical and present
day legal issues of Afro-Americans and economic and social conditions
in the United States. AFR Video 297
- The Caribbean Experience in the U.S.
Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center. 1988. 1
videocassette (120 min.)
Speaker, Roy S. Bryce-Laporte. Bryce-Laporte gives lectures on the migratory patterns of Caribbeans into the United States. AFR Video 392
Caribbean Slave Narratives. Africana
Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 1992. 1 videocassette
(76 min.)
Speaker, Selwyn R. Cudjoe. Videotaped on March, 24 1992 at the Africana
Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. Selwyn Cudjoe lectures
on Caribbean slave naratives. He examines the slave narrative as a literary
genre. AFR Video 393
Central Africa and the Caribbean: Cultural Interconnections.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center,
2003. 1 videocassette (102 min.)
Discusses the remnants of Central African culture in Caribbean culture
through music and dance. Addresses a bond between African and Caribbean
cultures. AFR Video 589
Ceracche Cable Interview on the Africana Studies
& Research Center. [Ithaca, NY : s.n.], 1980. 1 videocassette
(50 min.)
The video discussed a brief history of the Africana Studies and Research
Center, Cornell University. Also discussed the future and strengths
of the center. AFR Video 415
The Challenge of Directing Afro-American Studies
Programs in Private Schools: Two Personal Experiences. Ithaca, NY:
Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1991? 1 videocassette
(106 min.)
Presented by Roy S. Bryce-Laporte. The first director of the Africana
Studies Program at Yale University discusses his experiences working
with Black Studies programs there and elsewhere. AFR Video 182
The Changing Face of Pan-African Leadership: A Lecture by Runoko Rashidi. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 2006. 1 videodisc (87 min.)
Rashidi presentation reflects two parts of the Pan Africanist struggle. Part one is divided in two parts:(a) the unexpected faces and (b) unexpected places in the global African present. The first part is focus on viewing clips of italic visual of Africans in the diaspora and their roles in the Pan Africanist struggle, while part two is on the Pan African leadership challenge as relates to Africa’s future. AFR Videodisc 211
- Cocaine in the Black Community: Cocaine, Culture,
and Politics, 1890-1990. Ithaca,NY: Cornell University, Africana
Studies and Research Center. 1 video cassette.
Presented by Ralphaline A. Banks. Ralphaline A. Banks gives a historical perspective of the drug crisis existing in the Black community. AFR Video 131
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.)
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. AFR Videodisc 229
- Communities Empowering Themselves: Responding
to the Crisis in U.S. Urban Centers. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University,
Africana Studies and Research Center, 1989. 2 video cassettes.
Videos taped at the conference sponsored by Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center. Speakers talk about Afro-Americans and society, their attitudes and societal reaction. AFR Video 136 - Contributions of Hoyt Fuller to Black Literature. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. [19--] 1 videocassette (120 min.)
A panel of various Cornell University faculty members and speakers discussing the life and contributions of Hoyt W. Fuller to the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University and to the Black struggle as a whole. AFR Video 612a
The Culture Face of Ghana, Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 2005. 1 videodisc (62 min.)
The lecture centers on the realm of Ghana’s culture production and culture promotion as well as indicators of its fiscal responsibility. Also highlights western G8 nations widely held perception of Ghana being the poster child or shining example of having favorable social, political and particularly economic discipline. AFR Videodisc 163
- Cultural Event [During 25th Anniversary Celebration
of the Africana Studies & Research Center]. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University, Africana Studies & Research Center, 1990. 1 videocassette
(37 min.)
Introduction by Wilson Harris. Includes gospel music and selected African dances performed by Cornell black student organizations in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Africana Studies & Research Center. Performances by Pamoja-ni gospel choir and Uhuru Kumba dance group. AFR Video 364 - Cultural Power in North-South Relations. Africana
Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 1989. 1 videocassette
(105 min.)
Mazrui examines the importance of technological and organizational knowledge and skill in politics. Also examines power relations and imbalances in various parts of the world, particularly in Africa. He distinguishes cultural differences between nations and suggests that they can meet on a common ground based on skill and universal merit. AFR Video 545
Cultural Reparations: The Quest for the Restoration
of Africa's Cultural Heritage. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana
Studies and Research Center, 1996. 1 videocassette (72 min.)
Ayele Bekerie, visiting assistant professor of Africana Studies, Cornell
University, discusses the mission and importance of the preservation,
reclamation and promotion of classical African arts and manuscripts
in the Dept. of African American Studies, Temple University. AFR
Video 258
- The Cultural Significance of Kwanzaa. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1985.
1 videocassette (118 min.)
Speaker: Dr. Maulana Karenga. Maulana Karenga, creator of Kwanzaa, talks about Black identity, culture, values, and importance of Black history. AFR Video 170 - Current Movements in Black Women's Writing Cross-Culturally.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center,
1991. 1 videocassette (108 min.)
Presented by Carole Boyce Davies. Lecture discussing black women's writing in the United States and beyond, as an expression of their identity as black women stretching across cultures. AFR Video 180
Curriculum Report Workshop. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. [n.d.] 1 videocassette (122 min.)
Robert Harris lectures about the "requirements" most teachers should meet, and how to incorporate African history correctly into the curriculum by providing possible lesson plans and the importance of each lesson plan. Teachers discuss how to find and utilize resources to enrich their teaching experience. AFR Video 625a
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER D
Dark Designs and Visual Culture: A Reading by Michele Wallace. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 1 videodisc (71min.)
Michele Wallace provides a reading from her book, Dark designs and visual culture. She also provides some insight into the writing of the book. AFR Videodisc 225
Democracy Matters: A Talk With Cornell West. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 2006. 1 videodisc (138 min.)
Cornel West, author of the book Race matters, examines the conditions of Black people as he attempts to "unsettle" and "awaken" the youth of Black America. In this inspirational and thoroughly moving speech, he addresses the hypocrisy and imperialism latent in our society, and even more resonant, what it means to be human.
AFR Videodisc 156
Demystifying Pan-Africa and Her Diaspora: A Lecture by Runoko Rashidi, Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 2006. 1 videodisc (120 min.)
Rashidi discuses how he was inspired to be a Pan Africanist and how he got his name "Runoko Rashidi", as well as his mission which called for peoples involvement to help the African on the African continent. He also showed clips of his trips aboard, and explained the meaning of a global present and the importance of Black history month in the U.S. AFR Videodisc 208
- The Direction of the Black Liberation Movement
in the 80s. Ithaca, NY: [Africana Studies and Research Center,
Cornell University], 1999?. 1 videocasette (118 min.)
Panelists Harold Harold, Zoharah Simmons and Nelson Johnson offer their reflections on the state of the Black liberation movement in America in the 1980s. One of the central ideas discussed is the idea of a Black political party. AFR Video 420 - A Discussion of Black Feminist Literature.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center,
1986. 1 videocassette (111 min.)
Maulana Karenga discusses and critiques elements of Black feminist literature, including Alice Walker's The Color Purple and Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf. Also raises the difference between mainstream and Black feminist thought discussing the impacts of race and class. Followed by questions and remarks by audience. AFR Video 236
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER E
Egyptian and the Diaspora: Yesterday and Today. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 1990. 1 videocassette (105 min.). Yosef Ben-Jochannan lectures on Egyptian history as well as some of the obstacles encountered in researching and writing about acient Egypt. He also examines Egypt's role and influence on world civilizations, past and present. AFR Video 619a- The Empowerment of Women of Color through Self-Awareness.
Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 1989.
1 videocassette (106 min.)
Taylor urges students to have a plan of action which focuses on our own empowement as we struggle in the present society. Also asks students to become "instruments of healing" and to join organizations which work towards the better community. AFR Video 448 - Ethiopian Writing Systems and a New Approach to
Culture. Philadephia: Temple University, 1990?. 1 videocassette
(83 min.)
Ayele Bekerie, professor from Temple University, describes the Ethiopian writing system, Geez and discusses its history and development within the context of African culture and knowledge systems. In his discussion, he shows concrete links between Geez and several other ancient and classical writing systems and alphabets. AFR Video 270
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER F
Fathers and Child Welfare: Paternal Involvement and Enhancing Family Support. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 2005. 1 videodisc (122 min.) Waldo E. Johnson, Jr. lectures on a research study that he co-authored on the child welfare systems in Chicago, Illinois. The focus of this study was on teens and adolescence fathers. The study also examined the roles and effects of social institutions on African- American male development which included family, faith, community, education, health, child welfare, public housing, and the criminal justice systems. AFR Videodisc 168
- The Fifth annual Minorities in the Law Conference:
on the path to self-determination [1988]. 1 videocassette (83
min.)
At the fifth annual Minorities in the Law Conference, Justice Bruce M. Wright (New York Supreme Court Justice), presents a critical analysis of American Apartheid (homemade racism) in the American legal system. AFR Video 259 / AFR Video 260 - Final Performance of Young, Gifted and Black.
[199-?] 1 videocassette (58 min.)
Afro- American children in greater Ithaca area perform skits and songs. After the performance, teachers and parents devoted and contributed to the Afro-American childrens'education are recognized. AFR Video 335 - Financing Black Political Campaigns. Africana
Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 1988. 1 videocassette
(125 min.)
Walton speaks on his motivations for pursuing academic interests in financing Black political campaigns. AFR Video 446 - Focus on Nigeria and Focus on the Niger River
Delta. Ithaca, NY: Amnesty International, 1995. 1 videocassette
(57 min.)
In both programs, Ibe Ibeike Jonah, Ph.D. candidate at Cornell University's Dept. of Rural Sociology and Nigerian human rights activist, is interviewed by Martin Kelly, professor of psychology and history at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. During the first program, Ibe Ibeike-Jonah describes the historical background of the present human rights struggle in Nigeria. The second program describes Nigeria's financial dependency in oil trade and how this caused ecological devastation in the Niger River Delta and impoverished its people, in particular the Ogoni. AFR Video 254 - 4th Annual State of Black America Conference.
Ithaca, NY: Fourth Annual State of Black America Conference, 1980.
Presentations by Ben Chavis and Imari Abubakari Obedele. 2 video cassettes
(84 min.)
Lectures present challenges for the 1980s, including the necessity to advance and revitalize the freedom movement in the United States. AFR Video 159
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)
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". AFR Videodisc 238
- From the 60's through the 80's: The Struggle
continues. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University.
1 videocassette (1989).
Speaker, Bobby Seale. Videotaped live at Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University on April 18, 1989. Bobby Seale speaks about his involvement in the Black power movement and how the Black Panther Party was formed. AFR Video 386
- Fulfilling our Destiny: Self-Empowerment in the
Face of Oppression. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies
and Research Center, 1989. 1 videocassette (120 min.)
Kwame Toure discusses the role of capitalism in propagating cultural hegemony and oppression, particularly as it relates to African American economic and cultural development. He cites examples of peoples resistance against oppression and explains the importance of self-respect and pride in one's culture in combatting oppression. AFR Video 248 - Fusionist Philosophy and Praxis in Japanese
Education. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies
and Research Center, 2003. 1 videocassette (90 min.)
Presented by N'Dri Assie-Lumumba (professor, Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University). N'Dri Assie-Lumumba reflects on the fusionist philosophy as she connects the W.E.B. Du Bois' education theories to her work at the Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education at Hiroshima University in Japan. Speaks about the historical connections that Africans have made with Asia. AFR Video 591
The Future of Civil Rights: A Talk by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 Videodisc (84min.)
Julian Bond provided a historical overview of the modern civil rights movement, and the gains that have been made. In addition, he gave his thoughts on the future of civil rights and race relations in American. AFR Videodisc 232
