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African Tales

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , Culture , General , Lower Elementary , Preschool Programs , Storytelling , Traditions )

This video, suitable for young children, features three African fables: 'Banana Thieves', 'The Spider and the Antelope', and 'The Boastful Crocodile'. Each is introduced by a young man from South Africa, who explains how animal tales are used to pass on cultural traditions and important lessons in African society. Study guide included.

African Youth and Students

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , General , Global , Multicultural , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church , Youth )

Young people from North America join African youth in Zaire at the All Africa Youth and Students Assembly. Cultural differences and similarities become evident as young people are interviewed on location in Kinshasa. Shares insights on the role of the church in students' lives, THEIR role in the church and global economic issues with a major impact on Africa. Excellent for ecumenical mission study. Includes leader's guide.

Africans in America - Part 1

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , African American , Church History , General , History , Justice , Racism , Social Justice )

The Terrible Transformation: 1450-1750

Africans in America - Part 2

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , African American , Church History , General , History , Justice , Racism , Social Justice )

The Revolution: 1750-1805

Africans in America - Part 3

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , African American , Church History , General , History , Justice , Racism , Social Justice )

Brotherly Love: 1791-1831

Africans In America - Part 4

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , African American , Church History , General , History , Justice , Racism , Social Justice )

Judgement Day: 1831-1865

Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery

Type: BOOK
Author: Johnson and Smith
( Africa , African American , Church History , General , History , Justice , Methodist , Racism , Social Justice )

A riveting narrative history of America told from the point of view of Africans who came in shackles. A ground-breaking PBS tie-in that illuminates how Africans and Europeans built a nation, even as they bitterly struggled over what it meant to be free. Includes Charles Johnson's short stories. Includes AME church history. PBS video series:UM-HI-023.00

Amistad Rising

Type: VHS
Author: United Church of Christ Communications
( Africa , Culture , General , History , Justice , North America , Racism )

Touches upon the historical highlights of the 1839 events of a group of West African captives struggle for freedom and human dignity, the present-day ship replica/classroom. Inspirational story of how people of different cultures, races and backgrounds joined together in the cause of justice a century ago and how this legacy continues in an innovative way in the present century.

Arise and Shine

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , Ecumenical , Gender Issues , General , Visioning , Women )

In October 1989, for the first time ever, church women from every part of the African continent gathered together to address what it means to be a woman in Africa today. Captures the energy, warmth, hope, joy, and pain of African women as they share their vision of a church that stans with them in their struggle for justice, equality and peace.

Beya's Train Ride

Type: BOOK
Author: Peterson, Melba F.
( Africa , Children , Children's Literature , General , Global )

Beya lives in a little village in the Congo, Africa. He gets to go on a train ride…and he's never even seen a train! Tells about this exciting trip, the sights and adventures of his first train ride in the Congo.

Business of Hunger, The

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , Asia , Caribbean , Central America , General , Global , Hunger , Mission , Outreach , United States )

In many Third World countries, cash crops are exported while the poor go hungry. This phenomenon, one of the major causes of world hunger, is examined in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the U.S.A.

Coming to Say Goodbye: Stories of AIDS in Africa

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , AIDS/HIV , General )

This documentary is a collection of stories about courageous people living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya and Tanzania.

Crying in the Wilderness: The Struggle for Justice in South Africa

Type: BOOK
Author: Tutu, Desmond
( Africa , Church History , Culture , General , Global , Justice , Racism , Social Justice , White Priviledge )

Collection of Bishop Desmond Tutu's sermons, speeches, articles, and press statements during 1978-1980 when Tutu served as General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches. Each selection includes an introduction with historical background and identifying people and places. Also has general intro describing the apartheid system, history of the church in South Africa and more.

Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival

Type: BOOK
Author: Jen Marlowe
( Africa , Peace )

After years of oppression, the Sudan Liberation Army in Darfur took up arms against the Sudanese government in February 2003. The government and its allied militias answered the rebellion with mass murder, rape, and the wholesale destruction of villages and livelihood. Millions of people were displaced, and hundreds of thousand killed. In November 2004, three independent fildmakers traveled to eastern Chad and crept across the border in Darfur. Improvising as they went, they spoke with...

Esperanza para La Ninez De Africa

Type: VHS
Author: GBGM
( Africa , Children , Children at Risk , General , Mission , Outreach , Spanish Language )

This is the Spanish version of the video "Hope for the Children of Africa." Advance #101000-4 Bishops' appeal to bring relief, reconciliation, and restoration to the children of Africa.

Faithful Defiance: A Portrait of Desmond Tutu

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , General , Government , Inspiration , Political , Social Justice )

Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu is the recipient of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize and is recognized internationally as a leader in South Africa's anti-apartheid movement. This video documentary of Archbishop Tutu, used along with the study guide, offers an opportunity for discussion which reflects on the difficult questions of a Christian's involvement with the political process. Interviews with Tutu, his family, and others who know him best explore the convictions which shape his views. ...

Generation of Hope, A

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , AIDS/HIV , Children at Risk , General , Health Care , Mission , Social Justice )

In the ashes of the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, stand Africa's children - a generation watching its parents die, growing up without mothers and fathers. This documentary is the inspiring story of how Zimbabwe's children fight to keep their families together, and struggle to make a future for themselves. Your church can be a reason for hope by supporting the AIDS Orphans' Trust, Advance #982842-6.

Hope for the Children of Africa - English

Type: VHS
Author: GBGM
( Africa , Children , Children at Risk , General , Mission , Outreach )

Bishops' appeal to bring relief, reconciliation, and restoration to the children of Africa.

Hope For The Children Of Africa - Korean

Type: VHS
Author: GBGM
( Africa , Children , Children at Risk , General , Korean Language , Mission , Outreach )

Bishops' appeal to bring relief, reconciliation, and restoration to the children of Africa. **Korean Language**
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