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Almost Adult
directed by Yousaf Ali Khan, fl. 2001; produced by Sally Hibbin, 1953- and Michael Reuter, fl. 2005, Parallax East and EuroArts; performed by Victoire Milandu, fl. 2006 and Ann Warungu, fl. 2003-2006 (Paris, Ile-de-France: Doriane Films, 2006), 1 hour 15 mins,
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Mamie and Shiku are two young African girls. Almost adults. One is 17 years old, the other is 13. These two minor refugees who arrived in England to get a better life become friends. But soon, administrative and police issues separate them. Mamie becomes a clandestine while Shiku's foster family makes her a maid....
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directed by Yousaf Ali Khan, fl. 2001; produced by Sally Hibbin, 1953- and Michael Reuter, fl. 2005, Parallax East and EuroArts; performed by Victoire Milandu, fl. 2006 and Ann Warungu, fl. 2003-2006 (Paris, Ile-de-France: Doriane Films, 2006), 1 hour 15 mins,
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Mamie and Shiku are two young African girls. Almost adults. One is 17 years old, the other is 13. These two minor refugees who arrived in England to get a better life become friends. But soon, administrative and police issues separate them. Mamie becomes a clandestine while Shiku's foster family makes her a maid. The story tells how Mamie's courage will maybe allow them to have a future. It is a film about friendship and fear provoked by the disc...
Mamie and Shiku are two young African girls. Almost adults. One is 17 years old, the other is 13. These two minor refugees who arrived in England to get a better life become friends. But soon, administrative and police issues separate them. Mamie becomes a clandestine while Shiku's foster family makes her a maid. The story tells how Mamie's courage will maybe allow them to have a future. It is a film about friendship and fear provoked by the discovery of a new world, a new language and new habits. What makes them adults has less to do with their age than with their stories.
Mamie et Shiku, deux jeunes Africaines. Presque adultes. L’une a 17 ans, l’autre 13. Ces deux réfugiées mineures, arrivées en Angleterre pour trouver une vie meilleure, se lient d’amitié. Mais bientôt, les déboires administratifs et policiers vont les séparer . Mamie devient clandestine tandis que la famille d’accueil de Shiku en fait une bonne à tout faire. Le film raconte alors comment le courage de Mamie leur permettra peut-être d’avoir un avenir.Un film sur l’amitié et sur la terreur liée à la découverte d’un nouveau monde, dont on ignore tout, langue et mœurs. C’est moins leur âge que leur histoire qui en fait des adultes.
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Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Victoire Milandu, fl. 2006, Ann Warungu, fl. 2003-2006
Contributor
David Katznelson, fl. 1998, Sally Hibbin, 1953-, Michael Reuter, fl. 2005, Parallax East, EuroArts, Nick Bicât, 1949-
Author / Creator
Yousaf Ali Khan, fl. 2001, Victoire Milandu, fl. 2006, Ann Warungu, fl. 2003-2006, Rona Munro, 1959-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Doriane Films
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Immigrant life, Cultural adaptation, Geography, Sociology, Mamie, Shiku, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2006 Doriane Films
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El Chogui
directed by Felix Zurita de Higes (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 1 hour 3 mins
Luis Miguel, a young peasant living in Oaxaca, had a dream. He wanted to lift his family out of poverty by becoming a champion Mexican boxer. He even invented a name for himself -- “El Chogui” (Little Bird). But when he determined that fame and fortune in the boxing ring was not a real possibility, he decided...
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directed by Felix Zurita de Higes (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 1 hour 3 mins
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Luis Miguel, a young peasant living in Oaxaca, had a dream. He wanted to lift his family out of poverty by becoming a champion Mexican boxer. He even invented a name for himself -- “El Chogui” (Little Bird). But when he determined that fame and fortune in the boxing ring was not a real possibility, he decided to emigrate to the US, following the footsteps of countless other Mexican peasants. This absorbing and dramatic film follows Luis’ tr...
Luis Miguel, a young peasant living in Oaxaca, had a dream. He wanted to lift his family out of poverty by becoming a champion Mexican boxer. He even invented a name for himself -- “El Chogui” (Little Bird). But when he determined that fame and fortune in the boxing ring was not a real possibility, he decided to emigrate to the US, following the footsteps of countless other Mexican peasants. This absorbing and dramatic film follows Luis’ transition over six years. We witness his tension-filled, illegal border crossing along with his sister. With grit and determination learned from watching boxing movies, Luis creates a life for himself in San Diego, arduously working his way up in a hotel. Being a “wetback”, he lives with the constant fear of being arrested and deported. Six years later, his dream of becoming a champion boxer has receded. His real fight, he realizes, is to improve the lives of his family. He manages to bring his four brothers to California, and continues the attempt to bring his parents. Luis articulates the larger picture his life symbolizes. America has grown rich on Mexican labor, but refuses to change the rules giving workers legality, peace of mind, and dignity. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Felix Zurita de Higes
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Crossing borders, Immigrant life, Law, Sociology, Area Studies, Mexicans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Contemporary Issues in the Middle East, Iraqi Migrants in Syria: The Crisis before the Storm
written by Sophia Hoffmann, in Contemporary Issues in the Middle East (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2016, originally published 2016), 244 page(s)
During the decade that preceded Syria’s 2011 uprising and descent into violence, the country was in the midst of another crisis: the mass arrival of Iraqi migrants and a flood of humanitarian aid to handle the refugee emergency. International aid organizations, the media, and diplomats alike praised the Syrian g...
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written by Sophia Hoffmann, in Contemporary Issues in the Middle East (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2016, originally published 2016), 244 page(s)
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During the decade that preceded Syria’s 2011 uprising and descent into violence, the country was in the midst of another crisis: the mass arrival of Iraqi migrants and a flood of humanitarian aid to handle the refugee emergency. International aid organizations, the media, and diplomats alike praised the Syrian government for keeping open borders and providing a safe haven for Iraqis fleeing the violence in Baghdad and Iraq’s southern province...
During the decade that preceded Syria’s 2011 uprising and descent into violence, the country was in the midst of another crisis: the mass arrival of Iraqi migrants and a flood of humanitarian aid to handle the refugee emergency. International aid organizations, the media, and diplomats alike praised the Syrian government for keeping open borders and providing a safe haven for Iraqis fleeing the violence in Baghdad and Iraq’s southern provinces. Only a few analysts looked beneath the surface to understand how the apparent generosity toward refugees squared with the ruthless oppression that characterized the Syrian government. In this volume, Hoffmann offers a richly detailed analysis of this contradiction, shedding light on Syria’s domestic and international politics shortly before the outbreak of war.Drawing on firsthand observations and interviews, Hoffmann provides a nuanced portrait of the conditions of daily life for Iraqis living in Syria. She finds that Syria’s illiberal government does not differentiate between citizen and foreigner, while the liberal politics of international aid organizations do. Based on detailed ethnographic research, Iraqi Migrants in Syria draws a highly original comparison between the Syrian government’s and aid organizations’ approaches to Iraqi migration, throwing into question many widely held assumptions about freedom, and its absence, in authoritarian contexts.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Sophia Hoffmann
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Series
Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
Topic / Theme
Iraq and Syria Border, War, Immigration and emigration, Immigrant populations, Migration, Refugees, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Politics & Policy, Anthropology, Iraqis, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2016 Syracuse University
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Corner Store
produced by Katherine Bruens, 1986- (Surrey, England: Journeyman Pictures, 2011), 1 hour 5 mins
Ten years ago Yousef left his home and family in Palestine in search of a better life in San Francisco. Now he returns to Palestine with the aim of bringing his family back to the US. But on his arrival Yousef is confronted by antipathy for America and rejection of the Western culture he has embraced. He faces a d...
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produced by Katherine Bruens, 1986- (Surrey, England: Journeyman Pictures, 2011), 1 hour 5 mins
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Ten years ago Yousef left his home and family in Palestine in search of a better life in San Francisco. Now he returns to Palestine with the aim of bringing his family back to the US. But on his arrival Yousef is confronted by antipathy for America and rejection of the Western culture he has embraced. He faces a difficult decision; to bring his reluctant family back to America, or to stay with them in Palestine and in poverty.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Katherine Bruens, 1986-
Date Published / Released
2011, 2011-09-22
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, Cultural assimilation, Cultural adaptation, Cultural identity, Immigrant life, Sociology, Palestinians, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2011 Journeyman Pictures
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The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History, Corazón de Dixie: Mexicanos in the U.S. South since 1910
written by Julie M. Weise, fl. 2015; edited by Benjamin H. Johnson, fl. 2015 and Andrew R. Graybill, fl. 2015, in The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2015, originally published 2015), 359 page(s)
When Latino migration to the U.S. South became increasingly visible in the 1990s, observers and advocates grasped for ways to analyze 'new' racial dramas in the absence of historical reference points. However, as this book is the first to comprehensively document, Mexicans and Mexican Americans have a long history...
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written by Julie M. Weise, fl. 2015; edited by Benjamin H. Johnson, fl. 2015 and Andrew R. Graybill, fl. 2015, in The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2015, originally published 2015), 359 page(s)
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When Latino migration to the U.S. South became increasingly visible in the 1990s, observers and advocates grasped for ways to analyze 'new' racial dramas in the absence of historical reference points. However, as this book is the first to comprehensively document, Mexicans and Mexican Americans have a long history of migration to the U.S. South. Corazon de Dixie recounts the untold histories of Mexicanos' migrations to New Orleans, Mississippi, A...
When Latino migration to the U.S. South became increasingly visible in the 1990s, observers and advocates grasped for ways to analyze 'new' racial dramas in the absence of historical reference points. However, as this book is the first to comprehensively document, Mexicans and Mexican Americans have a long history of migration to the U.S. South. Corazon de Dixie recounts the untold histories of Mexicanos' migrations to New Orleans, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, and North Carolina as far back as 1910. It follows Mexicanos into the heart of Dixie, where they navigated the Jim Crow system, cultivated community in the cotton fields, purposefully appealed for help to the Mexican government, shaped the southern conservative imagination in the wake of the civil rights movement, and embraced their own version of suburban living at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Rooted in U.S. and Mexican archival research, oral history interviews, and family photographs, Corazon de Dixie unearths not just the facts of Mexicanos' long-standing presence in the U.S. South but also their own expectations, strategies, and dreams.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Benjamin H. Johnson, fl. 2015, Andrew R. Graybill, fl. 2015
Author / Creator
Julie M. Weise, fl. 2015
Date Published / Released
2015, November 2015
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Series
The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Race relations, Social conflict, Immigrant populations, Sociology, History, Mexicans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2015 by University of North Carolina Press
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Do Outro Lado do Atlântico
directed by Daniele Ellery, 1972- and Márcio Câmara, 1963-; produced by Allan Deberton, fl. 2011, Euphemia Produções and Deberton Entretenimento (Plantation, FL: Aggregator Media, 2015), 1 hour 30 mins
The Other Side of the Atlantic is a documentary that builds a bridge in the ocean that separates Brazil and Africa. The film tackles the cultural exchanges, the similarities, the prejudice and dreams present on both sides of the Atlantic through the life stories of African students living in Brazil.
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directed by Daniele Ellery, 1972- and Márcio Câmara, 1963-; produced by Allan Deberton, fl. 2011, Euphemia Produções and Deberton Entretenimento (Plantation, FL: Aggregator Media, 2015), 1 hour 30 mins
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The Other Side of the Atlantic is a documentary that builds a bridge in the ocean that separates Brazil and Africa. The film tackles the cultural exchanges, the similarities, the prejudice and dreams present on both sides of the Atlantic through the life stories of African students living in Brazil.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Allan Deberton, fl. 2011, Euphemia Produções, Deberton Entretenimento
Author / Creator
Daniele Ellery, 1972-, Márcio Câmara, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2015-11
Publisher
Aggregator Media
Topic / Theme
Sea Migrations, Immigrant life, Immigrant populations, History, Sociology, Cape Verdeans, Brazilians, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Emigration Planet, Episode 3, The Double Life of Bradford
directed by David Castelo-Lopes, fl. 2009-2017 and Anna Clopet, fl. 1983; produced by France Télévisions, in Emigration Planet, Episode 3 (Los Angeles, CA: Prime Entertainment Group, 2011), 15 mins
At 4 a.m. in North London, you will discover Bradford - the city that is the most English and most Pakistani of all England through the eyes of Anna Clopet, a photographer who revisits the England of her childhood. With David Castello-Lopes, they tell us of the "double life" in this city nicknamed Bradistan, and r...
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directed by David Castelo-Lopes, fl. 2009-2017 and Anna Clopet, fl. 1983; produced by France Télévisions, in Emigration Planet, Episode 3 (Los Angeles, CA: Prime Entertainment Group, 2011), 15 mins
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At 4 a.m. in North London, you will discover Bradford - the city that is the most English and most Pakistani of all England through the eyes of Anna Clopet, a photographer who revisits the England of her childhood. With David Castello-Lopes, they tell us of the "double life" in this city nicknamed Bradistan, and rather known for its race riots. We meet Sahiba, a veiled punk drummer, Peter Powel, exemplary father, expert of chicken curry, and Muri...
At 4 a.m. in North London, you will discover Bradford - the city that is the most English and most Pakistani of all England through the eyes of Anna Clopet, a photographer who revisits the England of her childhood. With David Castello-Lopes, they tell us of the "double life" in this city nicknamed Bradistan, and rather known for its race riots. We meet Sahiba, a veiled punk drummer, Peter Powel, exemplary father, expert of chicken curry, and Muriel & Alan Briggs who were born and have lives in Bradford for 70 years. Communitarian or mixed? Bradford symbolizes the complexity of the English identity.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
France Télévisions, Anna Clopet, fl. 1983
Author / Creator
David Castelo-Lopes, fl. 2009-2017, Anna Clopet, fl. 1983
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Prime Entertainment Group
Series
Emigration Planet
Speaker / Narrator
Anna Clopet, fl. 1983
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Race relations, Immigrant life, Sociology, Pakistanis, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2011 Prime Entertainment Group
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Emigration Planet, Episode 4, A Somalian in Paris
directed by Patrick Zachmann, fl. 2011; produced by France Télévisions, in Emigration Planet, Episode 4 (Los Angeles, CA: Prime Entertainment Group, 2011), 15 mins
It is in Malta where Patrick Zachmann met Abdirissak. It was here that he became interested in illegal immigrants who failed by the thousands on European coasts. Abdirissak is one of them and waits in a camp. No one knows that the young Somalian youth will be selected by France, which officially welcomes a hundred...
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directed by Patrick Zachmann, fl. 2011; produced by France Télévisions, in Emigration Planet, Episode 4 (Los Angeles, CA: Prime Entertainment Group, 2011), 15 mins
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It is in Malta where Patrick Zachmann met Abdirissak. It was here that he became interested in illegal immigrants who failed by the thousands on European coasts. Abdirissak is one of them and waits in a camp. No one knows that the young Somalian youth will be selected by France, which officially welcomes a hundred Africans to relieve Malta. Patrick followed Abdirissak and tells his extraordinary story of Somalia at war at home in Nanterre, where...
It is in Malta where Patrick Zachmann met Abdirissak. It was here that he became interested in illegal immigrants who failed by the thousands on European coasts. Abdirissak is one of them and waits in a camp. No one knows that the young Somalian youth will be selected by France, which officially welcomes a hundred Africans to relieve Malta. Patrick followed Abdirissak and tells his extraordinary story of Somalia at war at home in Nanterre, where he follows the integration process to become French.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
France Télévisions, Patrick Zachmann, fl. 2011
Author / Creator
Patrick Zachmann, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Prime Entertainment Group
Series
Emigration Planet
Speaker / Narrator
Patrick Zachmann, fl. 2011
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Immigrant life, Immigration and emigration, Sociology, Somali, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2011 Prime Entertainment Group
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6: Resolving A Different Kind of Rafter Crisis
written by Elizabeth Campisi, fl. 2016; in Escape To Miami: An Oral History Of The Cuban Rafter Crisis (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2016, originally published 2016), 157-175
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written by Elizabeth Campisi, fl. 2016; in Escape To Miami: An Oral History Of The Cuban Rafter Crisis (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2016, originally published 2016), 157-175
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Elizabeth Campisi, fl. 2016
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic / Theme
Cuba and the United States Border, Immigration and emigration, Refugee camps, Refugees, Immigrant life, Politics & Policy, Cubans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Exodus
directed by Dollan Canell, fl. 2000-2014; produced by Ruth Burnett, fl. 1992-2013, SW Pictures (London, England: SW Pictures, 2002), 38 mins
Dead body shown at beginning of film. This item also contains graphic content.
The multi-award winning African journalist Sorious Samura tells the story of how when he first arrived in Europe he worked 24-hours a day, six days a week before finally making a break-through and becoming the film-maker he wanted to be. With such experience, he takes us on a journey in this film as he follows mig...
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directed by Dollan Canell, fl. 2000-2014; produced by Ruth Burnett, fl. 1992-2013, SW Pictures (London, England: SW Pictures, 2002), 38 mins
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The multi-award winning African journalist Sorious Samura tells the story of how when he first arrived in Europe he worked 24-hours a day, six days a week before finally making a break-through and becoming the film-maker he wanted to be. With such experience, he takes us on a journey in this film as he follows migrants from West African countries as they set out to breach the walls of Fortress Europe. He shows us how they face death in the desert...
The multi-award winning African journalist Sorious Samura tells the story of how when he first arrived in Europe he worked 24-hours a day, six days a week before finally making a break-through and becoming the film-maker he wanted to be. With such experience, he takes us on a journey in this film as he follows migrants from West African countries as they set out to breach the walls of Fortress Europe. He shows us how they face death in the desert journey across the Sahara, before an equally hazardous voyage across the sea to Spain. The refugees willingly risk death to build a new future for themselves, because they don’t see one in Africa. In this documentary Sorious attempts to understand why they feel there is no hope for them in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, etc. He asks why they think Europe, if they survive their perilous journey, will have more to offer them? A personal and moving account of migrants' dangerous and long journeys from Africa to Europe.
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Date Written / Recorded
2002
Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ruth Burnett, fl. 1992-2013, SW Pictures, Sorious Samura, 1963-
Author / Creator
Dollan Canell, fl. 2000-2014
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
SW Pictures
Speaker / Narrator
Sorious Samura, 1963-
Topic / Theme
Sea Migrations, Human trafficking, Migration, Economic conditions, Immigrant life, Sierra Leone Civil War, 1991-2002, Sociology, Africans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2002 SW Pictures
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