Basil Davidson The Africans

[anansi]

While many if not most have seen bits and pieces of this program on the internet very few have seen this classic series on African history unbroken if you were not around during the 80ts then this was one of the ground braking series on African history ever made very few program on television today about African history can match what was done nearly 30yrs ago

[Tukuler al~Takruri]

Yes I

85-92 was a winding stretch when cable aired excellent
African studies programs. They were even doing little
25 minute sessions featuring pre-1980 field work film
on individual ethnies. For one , The Baba of Rai Buba
comes instantly to mind.

I remember another one, c. 1967, that showed one of
the little forest peoples construct on the spot as they
encountered a river valley a suspension footbridge to
cross the obstacle. It or another film also showed them
or a similar people doing a performance of the elephant
hunt play pending the next day's actual event. I could
imagine from their the AE's appreciation of the Denq
dancer of the Netjeru.

Ahh, I lost so many on old VHS tapes. Thank God I had
them and saw them. They were like college masters
materials and educated without constant relial on
anti-Eurocentric rhetoric.

EDIT: Davidson's series is called AFRICA.
It was Mazrui's series titled THE AFRICANS.

[anansi]

Nov 1, 2011 0:25:30 GMT -5 Tukuler al~Takruri said:

Yes I

85-92 was a winding stretch when cable aired excellent
African studies programs. They were even doing little
25 minute sessions featuring pre-1980 field work film
on individual ethnies. For one , The Baba of Rai Buba
comes instantly to mind.

I remember another one, c. 1967, that showed one of
the little forest peoples construct on the spot as they
encountered a river valley a suspension footbridge to
cross the obstacle. It or another film also showed them
or a similar people doing a performance of the elephant
hunt play pending the next day's actual event. I could
imagine from their the AE's appreciation of the Denq
dancer of the Netjeru.

Ahh, I lost so many on old VHS tapes. Thank God I had
them and saw them. They were like college masters
materials and educated without constant relial on
anti-Eurocentric rhetoric.

EDIT: Davidson's series is called AFRICA.
It was Mazrui's series titled THE AFRICANS.

Oh yeah that's right, I kinda missed up on the title, I remember Al Mazrui being taken to task by Dr Clark for some reason and much more recently Al Mazuri took Skip Gates to task for his wonders of The African World,all in all it's a healthy back and forth between scholars, I will try and find some of Brother Gil Noble's Like it is and post.

[sundiata]

I uploaded these actually three or four years back after finding the video clips on an obscure British website (I then merged the clips and put them on google video). The uploader must have hijacked those from there as he even uses the intro that I wrote, verbatim (without giving me credit but that's ok as the initial point was to get this out there and it is still working obviously).

Nov 1, 2011 0:25:30 GMT -5 Tukuler al~Takruri said:

Yes I


I remember another one, c. 1967, that showed one of
the little forest peoples construct on the spot as they
encountered a river valley a suspension footbridge to
cross the obstacle.
.

I saw that exact film several months ago in my archaeology class. The point being made was about perishable technology and how such African ingenuity easily gets lost in the scheme of history (hence, the only way to know about such craftiness is to be there and witness or film it, as materials like rope-bridges won't stand the test of time for future discovery). Such films are a rarity.

[anansi]

Nov 3, 2011 12:59:32 GMT -5 sundiata said:

I uploaded these actually three or four years back after finding the video clips on an obscure British website (I then merged the clips and put them on google video). The uploader must have hijacked those from there as he even uses the intro that I wrote, verbatim (without giving me credit but that's ok as the initial point was to get this out there and it is still working obviously).

Nov 1, 2011 0:25:30 GMT -5 Tukuler al~Takruri said:

Yes I


I remember another one, c. 1967, that showed one of
the little forest peoples construct on the spot as they
encountered a river valley a suspension footbridge to
cross the obstacle.
.

I saw that exact film several months ago in my archaeology class. The point being made was about perishable technology and how such African ingenuity easily gets lost in the scheme of history (hence, the only way to know about such craftiness is to be there and witness or film it, as materials like rope-bridges won't stand the test of time for future discovery). Such films are a rarity.

Well applause applause Sundiata your work continues to spread and great contribution it is we were having a discussion over at E/S about called the Mind Boggling Technology Of The Ancients about lost techniques and even how civilization may have been earlier than thought.
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