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John Henrik Clarke on the change and challenge of history for the African person
Date: 2/10/1992Call Number: AFR 074Format: Cass A & BProducers: Wahat productions, New York Urban LeagueProgram: Black History Month Lecture: The Change & Challenge of History in the 20th CenturyCollection: Africa- General Resources
Lecture by Dr. John Henrik Clarke about the change and challenge of history for the African person. He speaks about how it is more difficult to understand the changes and challenges of history if we do not read the basic history of our people. History tells a people where and what they are and have been, what they still must be. He comments on how most people simply look at the history of the world as a whole, but overlook the histories of each people. He talks about the differences between men and women, blacks, and whites. Lastly, he speaks about placing black relationships on a new level based on tradition and a common history. Quote: “You don’t beg for something that belongs to you, you take back what belongs to you.”
Lynn’s El Salvador Reportback
An East Bay women’s delegation speaks of their recent trip to El Salvador immediately following the peace accords ending the civl war there. They worked closely with a women’s delegation newly started there, learning and teaching, as well as visited a FMLN camp to see the conditions of the women soldiers there. A lot of good information about the condition of women in El Salvador paralleled with the delicate political situation there.
Rigoberta Menchu's Speech in Mexico about
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CV 032Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy ValeraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu speaks in Mexico in 1992 about her first novel, "I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala". She refers to it as an instrument of peace and justice for those who suffer inequality socially, economically, culturally and politically in the world and a portal the denounce the human rights violations that had been going on in Guatemala and the world. Among other things she talks about the contributions the Mayan Civilization, the significance of respecting the earth, the need for peace, the need for discourse between different global communities and the dire situation facing indigenous communities (especially women) in Guatemala. Her speech is followed by music.
Speak Magazine
Inside this Issue: Women for Equal Rights- The Transvaal Rural Women\'s Movement; R50 a month is not enough!- More rights for domestic workers?; Child support- How to claim this right; A women not afriad to say no- Writer Nawal El Sadaawi. Also: Short Story; Taxi Talk; Health Advice; PAC on Women.
Speak Magazine
Inside this Issue: NoThembi: Domestic Worker, Single Parent and Star Musician; Coping with stress; Women at CODESA; Surviving as a Single; The Hands-on Dad- Unionist Mtutuzeli Tom
Speak Magazine
Inside this Issue: Women\'s National Coalition: A New Fighting Force?; Rape in Marriage- a woman takes her husband to court; AIDS Tests- are you thinking of having one?; Women in Peru- organising communal kitchens; News about the pill; Union women move ahead
Speak Magazine
Inside this Issue: Ellen Kuzwayo: On Her Life, Feminism and Political Tolerance; A Man says Yes to Abortion; Should Health Workers Strike?; Vukuzenzele- Hawkers Succeed; Buying on HP- beware of dangers; Breast Cancer- what every woman should know
Speak Magazine
Inside this Issue: Sibongile Khumalo- Music Makes my World Go Round; Beauty Contests- who are the winners?; Ten Years of Beatings- an abused wife talks; Mass Action- the power of people; Are you Depressed?- how to cope
Speak Magazine
Inside this Issue: I am HIV Positive: A Woman Tells Her Story; End Water Apartheid!- Moutse Women on the March; Teenage Moms- Where are the Dads?; Babalaas Babies- what alcohal does to an unborn baby
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