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Joyce Kangai of the ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) Women’s League Joyce Kangai of the ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) Women’s League
Date: 1/11/1980Call Number: AFR 010AFormat: Cass ACollection: Zimbabwe
Joyce Kangai of the ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) Women’s League speaks about the Zimbabwean people losing their land, outside forces imposing their power, and the oppressive nature of colonialism on language and culture. She calls the women to fight for liberation, and explains how they can be part of the struggle.
Imperialist oppression in Southern African countries Imperialist oppression in Southern African countries
Date: 1/15/1982Call Number: AFR 066Format: Cass A & BCollection: African liberation movements
Judy Jensen of the Material Aid Campaign for ZANU makes a speech about Southern Africa. She speaks about ZANU’s defeat of white settler colonialism in Zimbabwe and also women’s contributions to the struggle. She discusses the different fronts in the war for the liberation of Southern Africa, and the struggle against the US’s attack on their independence. She talks about struggles in Namibia, South Africa’s control over Southern African countries, and calls for solidarity with Southern African countries. Lastly, she draws comparisons and similarities between the oppression of blacks in America and Africa. Next, Serge Mukendi, US Representative of the Workers and Peasants Movement of the Congo (MOP), speaks about weaknesses in natural and human resources in Africa because they are not in the hands of the Africans. He speaks about the struggles in Congo and tells the audience that it is our duty to strengthen the fight for liberation in Congo through support and solidarity. On Side B, Eve Rosahn, political activist, Students Against Government Misconduct, speaks about political activists for black liberation who have been tortured and beaten for their actions. Next, a member of the Anti-Springbok 5 chants “Up With Azania, Down With South Africa!”, and speaks about her experiences as an ASB-5, and tells the audience about the Springbok 5 and what they represent. The Springboks are an elite white supremacist South African rugby team traveling the US, representing the spread of white imperialism. Lastly, PAC (Pan African Congress) representative Jackie Mazibuko, speaks about white alliances between Ian Smith of Zimbabwe, the South African government, and the US in their oppression of black Africans. She also speaks about the land issues in Africa, and that all land originally, and still should, belong to black Africans, and that people must have the ideology of revolution to struggle against oppression.
Pan African Congress on conditions in South Africa Pan African Congress on conditions in South Africa
Date: 11/20/1984Call Number: AFR 068Format: Cass A & BCollection: South Africa
PAC (Pan African Congress) deputy president Johnson Mlambo speaks about the PAC’s role in the struggle for liberation in South Africa. He talks about black African’s struggle for land, and fighting against imprisonment of activists. He also speaks about the conditions of South African jails. N. Pokela, chairman of the PAC, speaks about the solidarity and determination needed among all Africans and South Africans to fight against Apartheid. Side B is a question and answer period.
Zimbabwe Minister Teurai Ropa Nongo on Zimbabwean women and land. Zimbabwe Minister Teurai Ropa Nongo on Zimbabwean women and land.
Call Number: AFR 080AFormat: Cass ACollection: Zimbabwe
A representative of the AAI (African American Institute) interviews Zimbabwe Minister Teurai Ropa Nongo. She speaks about women in Zimbabwe, and about women from developing rural towns and urban areas. Shye says that the people love their land, and it is a large part of society, culture, and is central to the family structure and well-being. Interview cuts off at 8:40.
Interview with Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt - 8 of 10 Interview with Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt - 8 of 10
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: V 252Format: UmaticProducers: Lisa Rudman, Judy GerberCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Filmed in San Quentin Prison. Comments on international struggles, South Africa, Black solidarity in the u.s.. Additional remarks about Revolutionary nationalism, New Africans, the importance of a land base for the Black nation, how the Black liberation movement is thinking about drugs and violence in Black communities as well as establishing community and family values. Camera originals.
Pit River Indians: A Question of Land Pit River Indians: A Question of Land
Date: 11/20/1973Call Number: KP 307Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Frances EmleyCollection: Native Americans
"A history of genocide and of the struggle today." On the Northern California Pit River Indians.
Interview with Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt (#3) Interview with Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt (#3)
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: C 10 110Format: DV CamProducers: Lisa Rudman, Judy GerberCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Filmed in San Quentin Prison. Comments on Vietnam, Martin Luther King, police as occupiers and the concept of self defense and similarity of the war against the Vietnamese peole and the racism and resistance in the Black community. He also talks about prison isolation and meditation. Comments on international struggles, South Africa, Black solidarity in the U.S.. Additional remarks about Revolutionary nationalism, New Africans, the importance of a land base for the Black nation, how the Black liberation movement is thinking about drugs and violence in Black communities as well as establishing community and family values.
Tragedy in the Holy: The Second Uprising Tragedy in the Holy: The Second Uprising
Call Number: V 746Format: VHSProducers: Dennis MuelerCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This documentary addresses the core issues of land and identity - It probes the evolution of the seemingly incurable conflict in Palestine from a historic perspective that is typically unknown to American audiences.
The Arabs in Israel 1948-1966 The Arabs in Israel 1948-1966
Author: Sabri JiryisPublisher: The Institute for Palestine StudiesYear: 1969Format: BookCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
This book is concerned with the living conditions of the Palestine Arabs, both Christian and Muslim, who remained in territories invaded by the Israelis in the 1948 Palestine War and held throughout the period 1948-1966.
<<NER>> Monthly for Political and Social Problems and for Jewish-Arab Rapprochment <<NER>> Monthly for Political and Social Problems and for Jewish-Arab Rapprochment
Publisher: IHUD AssociationYear: 1962Volume Number: Vol. XIII No. 11-12 July-AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Pro-Zionist Perspectives
In English and Hebrew. Contents: Israel's Arab Villagers are driven from their land; A Dangerous False Messianism; The Crisis of Creation in the Arab World; In the Arab World; Readers Letters