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- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter G
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter H
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter I
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter J
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter K
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter L
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER G
- The Garvey Papers. Cornell University, Africana
Studies and Research Center. [1988]. 1 videocassette (100 min.)
Historian Robert A. Hill discusses relevance of the Garvey papers in the history of the African diaspora. He justifies his research on Garvey by noting the lack of historic documentation on Black history. He also discusses seeking the total context in his research on Marcus Garvey. AFR Video 441
Gendering Africana Studies: Speaker, Beverly Guy-Sheftall. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (125 min.)
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. AFR Videodisc 237
- Global Apartheid: Race and Religion in the New
World Order. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies
and Research Center, 1992. 1 videocassette (113 min.)
Ali Mazrui offers his analysis of the post-cold war new world order and the danger of the development of a new global apartheid. Mazrui argues that Muslims and the Islamic world will be military victims of the new world order, while blacks will be the economic victims of the new world order. AFR Video 280
Globalization and the Other Black Irish: On
Dubin, Ireland as a new African diaspora site. Africana Studies
and Research Center Colloquium Series. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University,
Africana Studies and Research Center, 2004. 1 videocassette (100 min.)
Elisa Joy White presents her research on the African presence in Dublin,
Ireland. Talks about the historical Irish and African shared anti-British
and anti-colonial experience and the sparked racial and ethnic tension
due to the rising population of African immigrants in Dublin. Despite
social and economic discrimination, African diaspora in Ireland are
finding space in popular culture through music and sports. AFR
Video 596
- Gloria Naylor: The Evolution of a Voice. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1988.
Presentation by Gloria Naylor. 1 videocassette (64 min.)
Writer Gloria Naylor speaks on the influence of other Black women writers and a southern background for her works. Also speaks on learning to articulate one's experiences and writing in different voices to explore one's beliefs. She reads some exerpts of her books. AFR Video 222
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: A Lecture by Mahmood Mamdani. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2004. 1 videodisc (123 min.)
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. AFR Videodisc 218
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER H
Haitian Conference Symposium. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1986. 1 videocassette
(54 min.)
Five guest panelists and the hostess discuss the social, political,
and economic conditions of Haiti after the 1986 coup d'etat. Panelists
include Lesly Voltaire (student at the University of Haiti), Daniel
Verna (nutrition student at Cornell), Rolph Trouillot (anthropologist
from Duke University), B. Jean Baptiste (agronomist from Haiti), and
Pere Roget Desir (priest from the Episcopal church in Haiti). AFR
Video 278
Happy Ending; And, Day of Absence. Ithaca, NY:
Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center; written by
Douglas Turner Ward, 1986. 1 videocassette (110 min.)
Happy Ending: Comedy set in Harlem about two sisters who work as domestics
and their university educated brother. Preconceptions about who wields
power in a household are questioned as the complex relationship between
the domestics and their employers, the Harrisons, is revealed. Day of
Absence: Actors in whiteface portray white Americans in this satire
of white attitudes toward race relations. AFR Video 296
- The History and Significance of Kwanzaa. 1987. 1 videocassette (90 min.) Robert Harris discusses the actual meaning of Kwanzaa and the African influence in Kwanzaa. AFR Video 323
- Holding Our Breath and Waiting to Exhale. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1996. 98 min. Five graduate students from the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, discuss the book and film, Waiting to Exhale. Dennis Williams, the moderator, describes the book as dramatizations of interpersonal relations between us. AFR Video 273
Human Capital Theory Gender. [Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University]. 1991.1videocassette (50 min.)
N’Dri Assié-Lumumba talks about human capital theory and gender issues based on her research. She addresses a correlation between formal education and economic growth. AFR Video 395a
Human Capital Theory and Gender. Africana
Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 1991. 1 videocassette
(50 min.)
Speaker, Professor, N'Dri Assi-Lumumba. Videotaped on April 18, 1991
at the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. N'Dri
Assi-Lumumba talks about human capital theory and gender issues based
on her research. She addresses a correlation between formal education
and economic growth. AFR Video 395
- Human Rights in Kenya. 1992. 1 videocassette
(91 min.)
Micere Mugo, professor at the Dept. of Curriculum and Arts, University of Zimbabwe and a visiting scholar at the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, discusses a history of human rights struggle in Kenya. AFR Video 269
Hurricane Katrina and its Aftermath: Race, Class and the Environment. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University.2005. 1 videodisc (121 min.)
Speakers discuss the racial and social inequities that impacted New Orleans as a result of hrricane Katrina. AFR Videodisc 213
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER I
- If I Stop I'll Die: The Comedy & Tragedy of
Richard Pryor. 1991. 1 videocassette (35 min.)
Speakers: John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams. The co-authors of a biography on Richard Pryor discuss the book and history of Black comedians. AFR Video 346
The Ignorance Must Stop: African American Youth
Assert their Voice: A Choreopoem Performed and Inspired by African American
Teenagers from the Ithaca Community. Written and directed by
Lisa M. Grady. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University.
1992. 1 videocassette (36 min.)
Filmed May 10, 1992, Kaufman Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall,Cornell
University. This video shows choreopoem that was designed to express
many facets of the experiences of African American youth. AFR
Video 403
Imagining Peace and Economic Transformation in the Horn of Africa framing the Ethio-Somalia Conflict in the Context of the Region. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 1 videodisc (134 min)
Opening the discussion with a brief introduction of current Ethiopian literature, Ayele Bekerie details the history of the Horn of Africa. He describes the differences in people, culture, and how the Nile River contributed to the 2006 Ethio-Somalia crisis. Critically examining the conflict, Bekerie pushes for peace and pronounces a plan towards economic progress within the region. AFR Videodisc 293
Impact of Gender Analysis in African Studies.
Ithaca, NY: [Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell
University], 1991. 1 videocassette (110 min.)
Patricia MaFadden talks about Africana studies and gender issues of
African women. AFR Video 417
In defense of Civilization: A Debate on the
Origins of Western Civilization. Africana Studies and Research
Center, Cornell University. 1988. 1 videocassette (85 min.)
Videotaped on February 4, 1988 at the Africana Studies and Research
Center, Cornell University. This video shows the debate about the article
Eurocentric view of civilization by Anthony Brown appeared in Cornell
Daily Sun in February, 1988. AFR Video 396
- In the Struggle : Willard Straight Hall Takeover
Revisited. Cornell University, 1989. 2 videocassettes (160 min.)
In this documentary, past and present Cornell University students and administrators recount the history of the takeover of Willard Straight Hall by Black students in 1969 and dicuss the implications of the event. AFR Video 432 - Indian People Organizing to Survive. 1987.
1 videocassette (93 min.)
The three guest speakers briefly describe the background and current status of their respective indigenous communities: Amadeo Ramos (ANIS organization in El Salvador), Lucy Traipe (the Mapuche of Chile), and Blanca Chancoso (Confederation of Indigenous Nations of Ecuador). AFR Video 257 - Intelligence Testing and Racial Bias. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1995.
1 videocassette (90 min.)
Presented by Constance Graham. Constance Graham presents intelligence testing bias in five categories: situational bias, linguistic bias, communicative style bias, cognitive style bias, and interpretation bias. AFR Video 211 - The Intellectual Odyssey of John Hope Franklin:
Lecture by John Blassingame. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana
Studies and Research Center, 1988. 1 videocassette (70 min.)
Lecture about John Hope Franklin and his works on history of Afro-Americans. AFR Video 226
Interrogating Pan-Africanism. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 2003.
1 videocassette (96 min.)
Presented by Locksley Edmondson (professor, Africana Studies and Research
Center, Cornell University). Discusses W.E.B. DuBois' role as the father
of Pan-Africanism due to his concept of the color line and leadership
in launching Pan-Africanism conferences. Talks about the impact of this
work contributed to a new vision for Africa as a global, political,
and economic continent. AFR Video 592
- Islamic fundamentalism vs national unity in Sudan.
1992. 1 videocassette (80 min.)
Salah Hassan discusses the common objectives of fundamentalist Islam and the newly expanding Islam. AFR Video 336
Ithaca Chapter of Amnesty International. Ithaca,
N.Y.: Pegasys Access Television Center, 1997. 4 videocassettes (336
min.)
Focus on the Ogoni: 500,000 Ogoni live in the Niger river delta of Nigeria.
Since 1958 over $30 billion worth of crude oil and gas has been mined
from Ogoniland, yet the Ogonis have on electricity, piped wter, hospitals.
Peaceful protest by the Ogoni has been met by military actions resulting
in thousands of casualties. These topics and others are discussed in
this interview of Barika Idemkue. Unrepresented nations and peoples:
Julie Berriault, executive director, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples
Organization, speaks on minority rights issues in Nigeria and the rest
of Africa. About my brother-: Owens Wiwa talks an account of the suffering
of the Ogoni, the death of his brother and the destruction of his homeland.
Greenpeace on Shell & the Ogoni: Steve Kretzman, energy campaigner
of Greenpeace, discusses the role played by the Shell Oil Company in
the environmental devastation of the Niger River Delta. Friends of the
Earth, Shell & the Ogoni: Andrea Durbin, director of international
projects, Friends of the Earth, USA, addresses environmental consequences
of the oil drilling in Ogoniland. Rain Forest Action Network, oil &
minority rights: Kelly Quirke, program coordinator, Rainforest Action
Network (RAN), explains why what is happening in Ogoniland is a global
isses. International agreements for human rights: Julia Harrington,
legal counsel, African Commission on Human and People's Rights of the
Organization of African Unity (OAU) addresses human rights violations
in Nigeria. Reconstructing the Nigerian Federation, pt. 1-5.: panel
discussions on transition to democracy/restructuring the Nigerian federation.
About my father, Ken Saro-Wiwa: Ken Wiwa, son of Ken Saro-Wiwa and president
of MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People), addresses
the agony of the Ogoni people in Nigera. AFR Video 343
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER J
James Meredith’s Speech Against Affirmative Action. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 1990 1 videocassette (71 min.James Mereth adds to the debate his own viewpoint against affirmative action: issues of dependence, equality, advantage and convenience. AFR Video 628a- John Henrik Clarke [Memorial Service]. Harlem,
NY: 1998. 3 videocassettes (340 min.)
Videos show proceedings of the Baptist ministers conference. The service of commemoration and initiation into eternity of John Henrik Clarke conducted at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York. Scholars pay tribute to Dr. Clarke and discuss the need to continue Dr. Clarke's Afrocentric education. AFR Video 413 - Joseph E. Holloway Videotape Collection. 1987-1989. 13 video cassettes. AFR Video 233
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- v.1. Begins with view of one of the Sea Islands without narration; followed by an interview with Leroy Brown. He gives a historical overview of politics of the Gullah community. Followed by an interview with Charles Daniel Watson who talks about his life and the history of the Gullah community.
- v.2. Continues the interview with Dan Watson. Rev. Greene, project director for the Sea Island Bible Translation Team, talks about importance of translating the Bible as well Africanisms in the Gullah heritage.
- v.3. Chief Oba Oseijiman Efuntila I of the village of Oyotunji refers to similarities between Gullah and Yoruba cultures. He reflects on the roles of females and males and talks about African American social conditions.
- v.4-5. Claude and Pat Sharpe talk about Gullah language and culture.
- v.6-7. A tour and explanation of various African artifacts is given. Chief Alagba talks about the historical relationship between the Oyotunji village and the religion and traditions of Yoruba culture.
- v.8. Talks about the history of Africans in Georgia.
- v.9. Features a chorus of gospel singers.
- v.10-12. Contains a number of different events from annual Penn School heritage celebration of Africanisms and culture.
Judge Billy Murphy. Cornell University,
Africana Studies and Research Center. 1991. 2 videocassettes (111 min.)
Billy Murphy, judge of Baltimore, Maryland, addressed the importance
of education to Black students who study science. AFR Video
401
July ’64. [San Francisco, CA] : California Newsreel, c2006. 1 videodisc (54 min)
In the summer of 1964, a three-night riot erupted in two predominantly black neighborhoods in downtown Rochester, New York--the culmination of decades of poverty, joblessness and racial discrimination and a significant event in the Civil Rights era. Using archival footage and interviews with those who were present, the film explores the genesis and outcome of these three nights. AFR videodisc223
Justice and Just Us: Minorities and the American
Judicial System. 1983. 1 videocassette (120 min.)
At the conference on minorities in law, Justice Bruce M. Wright (New
York Supreme Court Justice), presents a critical analysis of American
legal system. AFR Video 399
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER K
Katrina, New Orleans and the Aftermath: Retrospect and Prospects: A Lecture by: Alan Colon. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University.2006. 1 videodisc (88 min.)
Alan Colon discusses the after effects of Hurricane Katrina has it relates to race, class, and in particular the treatment of African Americans in New Orleans area. AFR Videodisc 239
Knowledge Resources and The Public University in Southern Africa. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2005. 1 videocassette (80 min.)
Discusses the mission of public universities in Southern Africa. Identifies structural poverty as a key issue in South Africa. Outlines a 3-way relationship involving the private/public sectors and universities in addressing developmental challenges such as poverty in South Africa. AFR Video 629a
- Kwame Toure's Black Solidarity Day Speech.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center,1986.
1 video cassette (120 min.)
Kwame Toure speaks on the need for organization and solidarity to effect the liberation of Africans. AFR Video 295
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER L
- The Legacy of Hoyt Fuller and His Works. [Between
1980 and 1985]. 2 videocassettes (240 min.)
Speakers: Stephen Henderson, Haki Madhubuti, Abena Brown, Angela Jackson, Kenneth McClane, Richard Long, William Strickland, and Francis Ward. Colloquium on Hoyt Fuller. Speakers go over poetic presentation in Negro digest edited by Fuller and offers a characterization of Fuller based on their personal association with him and based on his writings. AFR Video 302
Lesson from the Past, Visions for the Future: A Lecture by Dr. Dorothy Cotton. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2007. 1 videodisc (94 min.)
For the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative lecture, Dorothy Cotton spoke of her involvement in the "Modern Civil Rights Movement", and shared her vision for the future. There was also an opening blessing by three monks of Namgyal Monastery, Ithaca, New York, and musical selections from Measureless, Chai Notes, and The Chosen generation. AFR Videodisc 255
