MONDAY
March 25
ECC 109
12:20
pm
The
Lost
Libraries
of
Timbuktu
(52’)
In
the
ancient
Malian
city
of
Timbuktu,
thousands
of
scientific
and
religious
texts—among
Africa’s
oldest
literature—have
been
hidden
for
centuries.
This
program
examines
the
rich
history
and
variety
of
Timbuktu’s
lost
libraries
and
shows
how
they
have
recently
garnered
the
world’s
attention.
Viewers
meet
local
scholars,
as
well
as
experts
from
across
Africa
and
the
Western
world,
who
elucidate
just
how
valuable
these
fragile
treasures
are
to
our
knowledge
of
Africa,
Islam,
and
the
growth
of
literacy
outside
the
Western
tradition.
The
program
also
asks:
how
differently
would
Africa
have
developed
if
the
libraries
hadn’t
been
forced
underground
by
colonial
interests?
A
BBC
Production.
1:50
pm
Dear
Mandela
(93’)
Almost
two
decades
after
the
end
of
formal
apartheid,
the
ANC
promises
of
‘housing
for
all’
have
failed
to
materialize,
and
informal
settlements
have
mushroomed;
12
million
South
Africans
–
about
20%
of
the
population
–
currently
live
in
desperate
conditions
without
adequate
water,
electricity,
and
sanitation.
As
forced
mass
evictions
threaten
to
destroy
the
lives
of
families
and
communities
under
the
seemingly
innocuous
Slums
Act,
this
award‐winning
documentary,
filmed
with
warmth
and
compassion,
tells
the
awe‐
inspiring
story
of
three
dynamic
young
South
African
activists
determined
to
stop
the
bulldozers.
Together,
they
lead
the
largest
social
movement
in
their
country
–
Abahlali
baseMjondolo,
or
the
‘Shack
Dwellers’
Movement’.
Using
the
South
African
Constitution
as
their
guide,
and,
despite
constant
threats
of
violence
from
ANC‐supporters,
demolitions,
prison
detention,
and
assassination
attempts,
the
shack
dwellers
take
the
South
African
government
to
the
highest
court
in
the
country
to
fight
for
their
right
to
a
home.
TUESDAY
March 26
ECC 109
8
am
Africa’s
Children:
Kenyan
Women
in
Transition
(58’)
This
program
explores
the
pressures
on
female
adolescents
in
the
Third
World
through
the
stories
of
four
young
Kenyan
women
growing
up
in
a
time
of
cultural
upheaval:
Christine,
a
Masai
who
escaped
an
arranged
marriage
so
she
could
study
law;
Dekha,
brought
up
in
a
rigidly
patriarchal
Muslim
town,
who
aspires
to
be
a
doctor;
Anastasia,
who
works
on
her
family’s
farm
while
yearning
to
become
a
Catholic
nun;
and
Mboone,
who
dreams
of
exchanging
her
affluent
urban
lifestyle
for
a
career
of
service
in
the
UN,
to
help
improve
the
lives
of
women
all
over
the
world.
Female
circumcision,
polygyny,
AIDS,
reproductive
choice,
equal
access
to
education,
and
other
issues
are
discussed
with
candor.
9:30
am
The
Language
you
Cry
In,
(52’)
This
film
tells
an
amazing
scholarly
detective
story
that
searches
for
‐and
finds‐
meaningful
links
between
African
Americans
and
their
ancestral
past.
It
bridges
hundreds
of
years
and
thousands
of
miles
from
the
Gullah
people
of
present‐day
Georgia
back
to
18th
century
Sierra
Leone.
It
recounts
the
even
more
remarkable
saga
of
how
African
Americans
have
retained
links
with
their
African
past
through
the
horrors
of
the
middle
passage,
slavery
and
segregation.
The
film
dramatically
demonstrates
the
contribution
of
contemporary
scholarship
to
restoring
what
narrator
Vertamae
Grosvenor
calls
the
"non‐history"
imposed
on
African
Americans:
"This
is
a
story
of
memory,
how
the
memory
of
a
family
was
pieced
together
through
a
song
with
legendary
powers
to
connect
those
who
sang
it
with
their
roots.
11
am
Africa
Rising
(62’)
Every
day,
6,000
girls
from
the
Horn
of
Africa
to
sub‐Saharan
nations
are
subjected
to
female
genital
mutilation
(FGM).
With
fierce
determination
and
deep
love
for
their
communities,
brave
African
activists
are
leading
a
formidable,
fearless
grassroots
movement
to
end
5,000
years
of
FGM.
An
insightful
look
at
the
frontlines
of
a
quiet
revolution
taking
the
continent
by
storm,
this
extraordinarily
powerful
film
is
one
of
the
first
to
focus
on
African
solutions
to
FGM.
2009
WEDNESDAY
March 27
ECC 109
8
am
Growing
Up
in
Africa:
Helping
Children
in
Benin,
Kenya,
South
Africa,
and
Uganda
(50’)
Based
on
recent
statistics,
90
percent
of
the
world’s
orphans
live
in
sub‐Saharan
Africa;
40
percent
of
African
children
work
seven
days
a
week;
and
many
support
themselves
by
prostitution
or
are
subjected
to
enslavement.
This
program
highlights
the
work
of
the
Terre
des
Hommes
Oasis
Center,
in
Benin,
which
rescues,
rehabilitates,
and
returns
exploited
children
to
their
families;
the
Jinja
School
for
Orphans,
in
Uganda;
extended
families
on
Kenya’s
Lamu
Island,
who
educate
and
support
the
locale’s
many
orphans;
Barbara
Petersen,
who
feeds
and
counsels
street
children
in
South
Africa;
and,
also
in
South
Africa,
the
Dance
for
All
project,
an
initiative
that
brings
dance
to
the
poor
areas
of
Cape
Town.
9:05
am
Will
You
Marry
Me?”
Marriage
Customs
in
Ethiopia,
Mali,
Niger,
and
Senegal
(50’)
Even
today,
the
majority
of
African
women
in
both
city
and
country
still
aspire
to
get
a
good
husband
and
have
many
children.
This
program
sheds
light
on
the
pros
and
cons
of
marriage
customs
in
sub‐Saharan
Africa
as
it
relates
the
story
of
an
Ethiopian
woman
who
fled
her
home
in
Harar
as
a
teen
to
avoid
an
arranged
marriage
to
an
uncle;
two
happily
wedded
women
of
Mali
who
are
wives
in
a
polygamous
marriage;
the
nomadic
Wodaabe
of
Niger,
a
culture
in
which
a
man
may
have
many
wives,
but
among
whom
it
is
the
bride‐to‐be
who
chooses
the
husband‐to‐be;
and
a
Senegalese
woman
competing
to
become
Miss
Yongama,
a
contest
of
beauty
and
style—and
a
proven
shortcut
to
finding
a
husband.
(Portions
with
English
subtitles)
10:10
am
Maasai
at
the
crossroads
(40’)
"Maasai
at
the
Crossroads,”
directed
by
Kristin
Jordan
and
Joe
Dietsch,
and
narrated
by
Dr.
Calestous
Juma,
takes
viewers
on
a
stunning
journey
into
the
heart
of
East
Africa,
where
they
are
granted
unprecedented
access
to
the
Maasai.
The
filmmakers
provide
an
insightful
glimpse
into
the
culture
of
one
of
the
last
remaining
traditional
people
in
Africa.
The
film
documents
intimate
discussions
of
ancient
Maasai
customs,
including
the
controversial
traditional
practice
of
female
circumcision,
and
captures
the
Maasai's
struggle
to
survive
in
the
midst
of
Kenya's
worst
drought
in
15
years.
Maasai
at
the
Crossroads
explores
a
community's
efforts
to
come
together,
not
only
to
survive,
but
to
preserve
cherished
traditions
as
they
learn
how
to
thrive
in
the
21st
century"‐‐website.
11:15
am
Umoja:
The
village
where
men
are
forbidden
(52’)
In
the
Samburu
district
of
Kenya,
women
have
only
the
rights
they
can
seize
for
themselves.
To
break
free
from
spousal
abuse,
forced
marriage,
genital
mutilation,
and
the
spread
of
HIV/AIDS—and
to
defend
themselves
against
rape
by
local
British
soldiers—a
group
of
abandoned
Samburu
women
founded
Umoja,
a
village
off‐limits
to
men.
Two
decades
on,
the
tiny
community
is
thriving,
but
in
a
growing
climate
of
menace
as
the
Samburu
men
seek
any
means
to
destroy
Umoja
and
reestablish
the
age‐old
status
quo.
Filmed
on
location,
this
program
gives
a
voice
to
town
matriarch
Rebecca
Lolosoli
other
villagers
who
communicate
their
determination
to
remain
free
while
painting
a
realistic
picture
of
their
uphill
battle
to
establish
gender
equality
in
the
region—and
to
simply
survive.
3:25
pm
The
Language
you
Cry
In,
(52’)
This
film
tells
an
amazing
scholarly
detective
story
that
searches
for
‐and
finds‐
meaningful
links
between
African
Americans
and
their
ancestral
past.
It
bridges
hundreds
of
years
and
thousands
of
miles
from
the
Gullah
people
of
present‐day
Georgia
back
to
18th
century
Sierra
Leone.
It
recounts
the
even
more
remarkable
saga
of
how
African
Americans
have
retained
links
with
their
African
past
through
the
horrors
of
the
middle
passage,
slavery
and
segregation.
The
film
dramatically
demonstrates
the
contribution
of
contemporary
scholarship
to
restoring
what
narrator
Vertamae
Grosvenor
calls
the
"non‐history"
imposed
on
African
Americans:
"This
is
a
story
of
memory,
how
the
memory
of
a
family
was
pieced
together
through
a
song
with
legendary
powers
to
connect
those
who
sang
it
with
their
roots.
THURSDAY
March 28
ECC 109
8
am
Birth
of
a
Surgeon:
Empowering
Midwives
in
Mozambique(57’)
Suffering
from
an
acute
shortage
of
doctors,
Mozambique
launched
a
bold
grassroots
initiative
to
combat
its
high
maternal
death
rate:
the
training
of
midwives
in
surgical
delivery‐related
techniques.
In
this
program,
Wide
Angle
reports
from
the
region
with
an
inspiring
profile
of
a
female
midwife‐in‐training
and
tracks
her
progress
as
she
learns
to
counter
life‐threatening
complications
of
labor
such
as
eclampsia,
acute
bleeding,
and
ruptures
of
the
uterus
and
performs
a
C‐section.
Filmed
in
the
operating
room
and
during
night
shifts
in
the
delivery
ward,
Birth
of
a
Surgeon
illustrates
the
much
greater
contribution
to
maternal
and
neonatal
care
that
a
surgically
trained
midwife
can
make
in
Mozambique.
In
addition,
WHO
Director‐General
Margaret
Chan
speaks
with
Aaron
Brown
about
her
pledge
to
give
particular
attention
to
the
health
of
women
and
to
healthcare
in
Africa.
Viewer
discretion
is
advised.
Original
broadcast
title:
Birth
of
a
Surgeon
9:30
am
Africa
Rising
(62’)
Every
day,
6,000
girls
from
the
Horn
of
Africa
to
sub‐Saharan
nations
are
subjected
to
female
genital
mutilation
(FGM).
With
fierce
determination
and
deep
love
for
their
communities,
brave
African
activists
are
leading
a
formidable,
fearless
grassroots
movement
to
end
5,000
years
of
FGM.
An
insightful
look
at
the
frontlines
of
a
quiet
revolution
taking
the
continent
by
storm,
this
extraordinarily
powerful
film
is
one
of
the
first
to
focus
on
African
solutions
to
FGM.
2009
FRIDAY
March 29
CONANT AUD (CON 120)
9:05
am
Paper
Gods:
Aspects
of
Religion
in
Benin,
Egypt,
Ethiopia,
Ghana,
and
Mali
(51’)
Christianity,
Islam,
and
a
broad
range
of
indigenous
religions
coexist
side
by
side
in
Africa,
in
many
cases
blending
into
unique
hybrids.
This
program‐an
inquiry
into
the
nature
of
the
continent's
spiritual
practices‐spotlights
the
Reverend
Pastor
Benoit
D.
Agbaossi,
supreme
head
of
the
Celestial
Church
of
Christ,
in
Benin,
and
footage
of
an
exorcism
and
The
Ceremony
of
the
Infertile
Woman;
the
village
of
Kukoe,
Ghana,
where
women
accused
of
witchcraft
find
welcome
and
sanctuary;
the
Rifai
Sufis
of
Cairo,
who
provide
insights
into
the
meaning
of
Sufism;
Yin
believers
of
the
Niger
River,
who
venerate
water
spirits,
and
footage
of
the
Holey
Horey
Ceremony;
and
a
pilgrimage
to
the
Sof
Omar
Cave,
in
Ethiopia,
where
a
blend
of
Christianity,
Islam,
and
animism
is
practiced.
10:10
pm
The
Language
you
Cry
In,
(52’)
This
film
tells
an
amazing
scholarly
detective
story
that
searches
for
‐and
finds‐
meaningful
links
between
African
Americans
and
their
ancestral
past.
It
bridges
hundreds
of
years
and
thousands
of
miles
from
the
Gullah
people
of
present‐day
Georgia
back
to
18th
century
Sierra
Leone.
It
recounts
the
even
more
remarkable
saga
of
how
African
Americans
have
retained
links
with
their
African
past
through
the
horrors
of
the
middle
passage,
slavery
and
segregation.
The
film
dramatically
demonstrates
the
contribution
of
contemporary
scholarship
to
restoring
what
narrator
Vertamae
Grosvenor
calls
the
"non‐history"
imposed
on
African
Americans:
"This
is
a
story
of
memory,
how
the
memory
of
a
family
was
pieced
together
through
a
song
with
legendary
powers
to
connect
those
who
sang
it
with
their
roots.
12:20
pm
Umoja:
The
village
where
men
are
forbidden
(52’)
In
the
Samburu
district
of
Kenya,
women
have
only
the
rights
they
can
seize
for
themselves.
To
break
free
from
spousal
abuse,
forced
marriage,
genital
mutilation,
and
the
spread
of
HIV/AIDS—and
to
defend
themselves
against
rape
by
local
British
soldiers—a
group
of
abandoned
Samburu
women
founded
Umoja,
a
village
off‐limits
to
men.
Two
decades
on,
the
tiny
community
is
thriving,
but
in
a
growing
climate
of
menace
as
the
Samburu
men
seek
any
means
to
destroy
Umoja
and
reestablish
the
age‐old
status
quo.
Filmed
on
location,
this
program
gives
a
voice
to
town
matriarch
Rebecca
Lolosoli
other
villagers
who
communicate
their
determination
to
remain
free
while
painting
a
realistic
picture
of
their
uphill
battle
to
establish
gender
equality
in
the
region—and
to
simply
survive.
NOTE:
Please
contact
African
Studies
if
you
would
like
to
view
one
of
these
films
in
your
classroom,
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