Plot: “Tales, tales, nothing but a tale,” says one of the master storytellers at the beginning of this winsome and deceptively easygoing documentary. “It’s not me telling lies, but the people of long ago–and that’s how they heard it as well.” Angano…Angano…Tales from Madagascar (“Angano” means “story”) showcases the living culture of the Malagasy people [...]
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The McIntosh County Shouters is a ten-member Gullah-Geechee group that began performing professionally in 1980. They have educated and entertained audiences around the United States with the “ring shout,” a compelling fusion of counterclockwise dance-like movement, call-and-response singing, and percussion consisting of hand claps and a stick beating the rhythm on a wooden floor. African [...] Author:Sobonfu Somé CSQ Issue:33.1 (Spring 2009) A Celebration of Pacific Culture I grew up in southwestern Burkina Faso, where the houses are built with mud and nicely polished with cow dung and ash. The children have their own rooms; the women have their rooms; and the men have their room. It is not to promote [...] Oath ceremony speech by Isaiah Washington after being sworn in as a Sierra Leonean citizen by Chief Immigration Officer Kholifa Koroma and His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma on April 26, 2010 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. ENTIRE SPEECH BELOW As you can hear, there have been and still are many obstacles trying to prevent me [...] The Zulu proverb Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu expresses a profound truth embedded deep within the core of traditional Afrikan values. It translates into English as “a person is a person because of people.” Other translations state “a person is a person through other persons.” In either case, this compelling truth about what it means to be [...] The Ancestors & Our Connectedness to Them: The Real Power of Being – A Rare Video Series featuring Dr. Kimbwadende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau sharing ancient teachings from the Kongo. Journey Into Africa Footage from Adiama’s powerful journey to Ghana, West Afrika conducted for 50 BlackNificent youth as well as their families and teachers from Atlanta, GA in 2007. Find more videos like this on Adiama Network Salaga Market Here is Salaga, a market town founded by the arab trader bature in the late 18th century. In its day, one of the largest market centers in all of West Afrika…connecting Hausa, Mossi, Dagbon, and Asante kingdoms. From far and near, thousands upon thousands upon thousands arrive here to buy, sell and trade [...] Sacred Earth, Air and Water. Elements. Keepers of Memory. Passageways into Our story for those who return to Assin Manso. This place, this meeting point, largest of its kind in this land WE now call Ghana. Assin Manso – a gathering place for captured Afrikans. Where WE were chained and sold. A brief resting site [...] |
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