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Africa Calls

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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.

Part of "The Call of Africa" series. Strives to build bridges of genuine understanding about human rights, political power structures, the environment, public health, marriage customs, emigration, and many other vital elements of life in Africa via the perspectives of real people living in the real Africa, while using segments from other episodes in the series. NOTE: Contains some nudity and sexual violence. Accessibility options on the DVD are: (1) expanded description, (2) English subtitles in a black box.

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Runtime: 56 minutes 9 seconds

Topic: Geography, Social Science
Subtopic: Africa, Anthropology, Multiculturalism
Grade/Interest Level: 11 - 12
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Release Year: 2004
Producer/Distributor: Films Media Group
Series: The Call Of Africa
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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.

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

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.

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.

Figures carry objects on their heads through an area scattered with straw structures. Caption. Once we landed, we walked some 20 minutes.

Overhead shot of 3 men and a woman sitting in a booth with colorful fabric displayed as if for sale. Caption. News was transmitted by word of mouth.

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.

3 men sit at microphones. Across from them a man in a headset sits behind a sound mixing console. Caption. Are often used at the service of the party in power.

Aerial view looking down from a hill over a grassy landscape. Caption. When the rains are benevolent.