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The Africans: A Triple Legacy--Tools Of Exploitation

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Wide shot of low skyscrapers. Caption. In what continent am I, Africa or Europe?

Provides an overview of the history of Africa and examines major influences on this complex continent: indigenous heritage, Western culture, and the Islamic religion. Traces the colonial economic legacy, the development of slavery, and European control of Africa's natural resources, paying special attention to the roles played by Belgium and Great Britain. Produced by WETA/Washington, D.C. and the BBC. NOTE: Contains some nudity. NOTE: The captioned DVD has closed captions (decoder needed).

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Runtime: 58 minutes 38 seconds

Topic: Geography, Religion, Philosophy, and Spirituality, Social Science
Subtopic: Africa, Anthropology, Multiculturalism, World Religions
Grade/Interest Level: 9 - 12
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Release Year: 1986
Producer/Distributor: Annenberg
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Image of women in colorful attire working and walking in an African village courtyard. They're surrounded by mudbrick buildings. Caption. People said that he was looking for a second wife.

Large tent with open sides covering people seated and standing around tables holding gear and other items. Two people carefully placing bones in the outline of a body. Caption: for what early bipeds looked like.

A man and a woman sitting on the ground with tools beside them. Caption: We have part of a leg bone, the shin.

Large group of people walk uphill and away from a body of water. Boat is sinking into the water in the background. Caption. There's no fish that is more bigger.

Crowd of African people stand in a corridor between 2 dilapidated buildings. Caption. Narrator. With state primary schools now free.

A seated man with skulls and other items on shelves in the background. Caption: We found one band at about 5.2 million years--

Family sits on stools outside an adobe hut. Man at right gestures as he rests his elbows on knees. Woman at left looks down as she holds a young child in her lap. Caption. Or that she would be leaving the country.

Village of small adobe buildings topped with straw roofs. A few people walk through it and trees surround it. Caption. Narrator. Abidjan is a small village located in the south of Ghana.

4 people in brown tunics hold jugs on their heads. They walk away from camera through a savanna. Caption. They lived in virtual isolation.

Closeup of Barack Obama speaking. Caption. And yet I discovered that, for all my father's education.