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Africa- General Resources

This collection contains general resources about the continent of Africa. The collection draws from many types of materials (periodicals, books, pamphlets) and many different countries (Kenya, Guinea, Tanzania). Themes of the collection range from the role of women in African liberation struggles, a series of periodicals detailing various liberation struggles called Revolution in Africa, a book filled with continental maps throughout history and a journal focusing on issues of Pan-Africanism.  

Documents

Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean People Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean People
Date: 1/16/1985Call Number: AFR 012Format: Cass A & BProgram: African Activists in AmericaCollection: Africa- General Resources
Michael Warren, chairman of African Activists in America, speaks about Maurice Bishop, and introduces Samouri Marksman. Marksman speaks about struggles of African people around the world; how Europeans control Latin American economies, cultures, and societies, and the struggle for Latin American independence; the struggle to alter the slave relationship with Europeans in the Caribbean and Africa; criticizes the IMF (International Monetary Fund) ; and American politics in South Africa and the struggle against Apartheid.
The African view of Blackness The African view of Blackness
Date: 1/12/1985Call Number: AFR 047Format: Cass A & BProgram: Ancient African Concept of Blackness -Inner Vision in the Eye of HorusCollection: Africa- General Resources
Recorded off mic. Speech by Dr. Richard King about the African view on the physiology of blackness, and how people relate to the concept of being black. He speaks about melanin (skin pigment) in humans coming out of mythology, and the Africans hiding their science within mythology. He talks about the story of the Eye of Horus, the son of Osiris, giving the Africans the ability to see another’s inner essence. Lastly, he speaks about the black person’s skin color affecting the amount of sunlight is let in, thus creating weaker bones, and more dying off during the glacier age, proving that Africans are not just primitive people.
The African view of Blackness The African view of Blackness
Date: 1/12/1985Call Number: AFR 048Format: Cass A & BProgram: Ancient African Concept of Blackness - Inner Vision in the Eye of HorusCollection: Africa- General Resources
Continuation of AFR 047 Recorded off mic, relatively hard to understand. Continuation of Dr. Richard King’s speech on the African concept of blackness. He speaks about how everyone has their own vision of blackness and mission in life, all threads that make the fabric of a nation. He calls people to value and hold on to their blackness.
Revolution in Africa Revolution in Africa
Publisher: Revolution in Africa Action CommitteeYear: 1985Volume Number: WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Africa- General Resources
Special Fearure: Ohio 7 Stand Trial in NYC- US Tries Revolutionaries The Crime: Attacking South Africa