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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Heart disease affects the arteries of the heart and is caused by a build up of fatty deposits, which cause a narrowing of the artery, making it difficult for blood to pass through effectively. Heart disease affects almost 700,000 people in Australia. This 'Speaking from experience' program offers first-hand accounts from 10 people living with heart disease, including some partners. They share what it's like to live with the condition and how it has...
2) Kakadu Man
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
At the top end of Australia is the jewel of the country's national parks and the home of the Gagadju people. It is called Kakadu. More than 100,000 visitors are drawn to this magical place every year. Some come to look at its beauty but others come to hunt its animals and dig up its minerals. Bill Neidjie is a traditional custodian of this land - a role passed down to him through countless generations. In 1979 he gave the land to the people of Australia....
3) Afro@Digital
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Afro@Digital begins with a provocative question: ‘Why speak of new technologies on a continent which wakes up and goes to sleep to the terrorism of poverty?’ In other words, how can Africa escape the logic of poverty and unequal development by making sure that digital technology doesn’t pass it by, become an agent of neo-colonialism or marginalize it still further? As Nigerian filmmaker Ola Balogun warns: “We must ask what is the purpose of...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Language You Cry In tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for -and finds- meaningful links between African Americans and their ancestral past. It bridges hundreds of years and thousands of miles from the Gullah people of present-day Georgia back to 18th century Sierra Leone. It recounts the even more remarkable saga of how African Americans have retained links with their African past through the horrors of the middle passage,...
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