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Roots of African Culture
written by Michael Chapman, 1935- and Keyan Tomaselli; directed by Michael Chapman, 1935- and Keyan Tomaselli; produced by University of Natal, Durban. Programme of Cultural and Media Studies (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2003), 24 mins
Historical revisionism and propaganda were important elements of apartheid ideology, proclaiming that black peoples were not the owners of Southern Africa by stating that the whites arrived in the same areas at nearly the same time. Today a crucial objective of South African education is to erase this interpretati...
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written by Michael Chapman, 1935- and Keyan Tomaselli; directed by Michael Chapman, 1935- and Keyan Tomaselli; produced by University of Natal, Durban. Programme of Cultural and Media Studies (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2003), 24 mins
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Historical revisionism and propaganda were important elements of apartheid ideology, proclaiming that black peoples were not the owners of Southern Africa by stating that the whites arrived in the same areas at nearly the same time. Today a crucial objective of South African education is to erase this interpretation as presented in earlier textbooks, and to give their students a genuine history of their country. Historical revisionism and propaga...
Historical revisionism and propaganda were important elements of apartheid ideology, proclaiming that black peoples were not the owners of Southern Africa by stating that the whites arrived in the same areas at nearly the same time. Today a crucial objective of South African education is to erase this interpretation as presented in earlier textbooks, and to give their students a genuine history of their country. Historical revisionism and propaganda were important elements of apartheid ideology, proclaiming that black peoples were not the owners of Southern Africa by stating that the whites arrived in nearly at the same time in the same areas. Today a crucial objective of South African education is to erase this interpretation as presented in earlier textbooks, and to give their students a genuine history of their country. Roots of African Culture, a video produced by the University of Natal, is an indispensable pedagogical tool for this purpose. Recording the teaching process of Professors Jeff Guy, Leonard van Schalkwyk, Haskell Greenfield, and Yonah Seleti, this video depicts the entire process through which students are enabled to rediscover the history of Africa. Examples of falsified apartheid literature are juxtaposed against the fieldwork evidence that shows evidence of the first South African settlements, in existence well before the arrival of European populations in Natal area in 1652. Under the supervision of experts, students participate in archaeological excavations in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, between "historic" Natal and the Zulu Kingdom, where African communities lived in the Iron Age. The entire process of excavation of a site is described and carried out. The process of "Carbon 14 dating" is explained. Through this concrete and delightful academic experience students are finally able to affirm the existence of African farming communities during the 8th century.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Michael Chapman, 1935-, Keyan Tomaselli, Yonah Seleti, fl. 2003, Jeff Guy, fl. 2003, Leonard van Schalkwyk, fl. 2003, Haskell Greenfield, 1953-, University of Natal, Durban. Programme of Cultural and Media Studies
Author / Creator
Michael Chapman, 1935-, Keyan Tomaselli
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
African, Archaeological artifacts, Archaeological dating methods, Archaeological survey methods, Cultural change and history, Archaeology, Ethnography, Africans
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Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
directed by Boris Malagurski, 1988-; produced by Boris Malagurski, 1988-, Malagurski Cinema (Los Angeles, CA: FilmHub, 2022), 1 hour 32 mins
An inspiring and thought-provoking film about the exciting history of Serbs West of the Drina River (the one from Nobel Laureate Ivo Andric’s award-winning novel), featuring an interview with Sarajevo twice Palme D’Or-winning filmmaker Emir Kusturica.
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directed by Boris Malagurski, 1988-; produced by Boris Malagurski, 1988-, Malagurski Cinema (Los Angeles, CA: FilmHub, 2022), 1 hour 32 mins
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An inspiring and thought-provoking film about the exciting history of Serbs West of the Drina River (the one from Nobel Laureate Ivo Andric’s award-winning novel), featuring an interview with Sarajevo twice Palme D’Or-winning filmmaker Emir Kusturica.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stefan Popovic, fl. 2022, Boris Malagurski, 1988-, Malagurski Cinema
Author / Creator
Boris Malagurski, 1988-
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
FilmHub
Speaker / Narrator
Emir Kusturica, fl. 1978, Stefan Popovic, fl. 2022
Person Discussed
Emir Kusturica, fl. 1978
Topic / Theme
War crimes, Internment camps, Genocide, Traditional history, Cultural change and history, Cultural anthropology, Colonial populations, International relations, Ethnic conflict, Bosnian War, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995, Fall of Berlin Wall, November 9, 1989, World War II, 1939-1945, World War I, 1914-1918, Bosnia-Herzegovinians, Serbians
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