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Amilcar Cabral: Return to the Source
Date: 10/20/1972Call Number: CD 034Format: CDProgram: AIS conferenceCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Amilcar Cabral, leader of PAIGC - Liberation Movement of Guinea-Bissau/Cape Verde Islands at a conference of African-American organizations and journalists in New York. Portions of Cabral’s comments are in his book “Return to the Source." Cabral was assassinated by the CIA and Portuguese colonialists in 1973.
NOTE: an excerpt from this tape is on Roots of Resistance, Volume 1, highlights CD.
Mannequins, millionettes, and women
Date: 2/26/1976Call Number: CD 161Format: CDProducers: Frances EmleyCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Contrasts role models for women as portrayed by mass media with those who are not given coverage.
Self Defense, Self Respect & Self Determination: A Conversation with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver - Part 1
Self Defense, Self Respect & Self Determination: A Conversation with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver, introduced by Angela Davis. Addressing the subjugated history of the Black Liberation Movement.
Self Defense, Self Respect & Self Determination: A Conversation with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver - Part 2
Self Defense, Self Respect & Self Determination: A Conversation with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver, introduced by Angela Davis. Addressing the subjugated history of the Black Liberation Movement.
Mabel Williams interviewed by Walter Turner
Interview with Mabel Williams by Walter Turmer for Africa Today and Hard Knock Radio.
Interview with George Jackson on prisons, the Weather Underground, Black Panther Party
Date: 7/28/1971Call Number: CD 179Format: CDProducers: Max BloomCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
George Jackson discusses the connections between the prison movement inside and other movements and the importance of democratic centralism to the success of both movements. He discusses the idea of the Black Panther Party as the vanguard party, capable of providing resources for the community. He discusses Mao and Guevara and the idea of revolution in two states. He responds to criticism of the BPP’s statements on the role of women. Also the problems with the defense committees and himself as a possible martyr.
Report on Festival de Sexto Sol and La Mujer
Date: 3/29/1974Call Number: CD 289Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Andres Alegria reports on the first day of the Festival de Sexto Sol. He interviews Fernado Alegria who defines the Sexto Sol as an Age of conciousness, a link between creation, art, and tradition of the Aztec and Mayans. He also interviews Nina Serrano who talks about the preparation for the festival, including different ceremonies. Also included is audio from the opening ceremony.
Same as CAA 025 & 026
Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison
Same as PM227
This program is an edited version of her address to the people after she escaped. She begins the recording by stating that she loves everyone and encourages everyone to continue to struggle for our liberation. Assata talks about how Black people are constantly under attack by the poor school system, infiltration of drugs, welfare system, police state, etc. She talks about the necessity for a Black Nation and how Black women must play a key role in the struggle for liberation. She says that they are the most closely related to the struggle because of their position in White American society. Assata talks about the direction of the US government and how it is continually becoming more racist and fascist; how the government sees Black peoples as expendable and just "a thorn in their side." .
Assata Shakur: In Her Own Words
Same as PM229
Two international reporters conducted this interview with Assata Shakur in Havana Cuba in 1987. Assata talks about what it's like to live in Cuba, her daughter and the changing struggle of Black rights, Black liberation, human rights, etc. She thought of Cuba as an ideal place to escape to because she was looking for a place to live, grow and be with her daughter. She had read a lot about Cuba and wanted to see what a socialist society would be like.
She also talks about her live as a political refugee and the strain of living in exile. She misses her family and friends and acknowledges the difficulties of being so far away. However, her daughter has come to live with her. This was a big change in her life. She has learned a lot from her daughter and her educational experience in Cuba. She notes that it is refreshing to see a curriculum that is not euro-centric.
Accumulated Silence: The Disappeared Women of Juarez.
Date: 3/5/2005Call Number: CD 315Format: CDProducers: Nina SerranoCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Accumulated Silence. A poem by Peruvian poet Adrian Arias translated by Nina Serrano. This 17 1/2 minute program explores the issue of the disappeared women of Juarez. The poem is read by Lincoln Bergman and Nina Serrano with narration read by Andres Alegria. Mixed by Camilo Landau
