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Instructional Video9:41
Bedtime History

Mae Jemison for Kids | Bedtime History

K - 12th
New ReviewLearn about Mae Jemison, the precocious and widely talented African American woman who joined NASA and traveled to space on the shuttle Endeavor.
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Instructional Video4:37
TED Talks

TED: A visual history of social dance in 25 moves | Camille A. Brown

12th - Higher Ed
Why do we dance? African-American social dances started as a way for enslaved Africans to keep cultural traditions alive and retain a sense of inner freedom. They remain an affirmation of identity and independence. In this electric...
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Instructional Video13:50
TED Talks

TED: The Black history of twerking -- and how it taught me self-love | Lizzo

12th - Higher Ed
Twerking is mainstream now ... but do you know where it came from? Superstar Lizzo traces booty shaking to a traditional West African dance and tells how Black women across generations kept the rhythm alive, from blues and jazz singers...
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Instructional Video4:07
History Hit

Africa And War: African porters and carriers

12th - Higher Ed
The third art piece is a multimedia performance, aims to tell the story of the over a million African porters and carriers who served British, French, and German forces during the first world war. Also, learn the importance of each of...
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Instructional Video12:12
Jabzy

The Leopard Men: Africa's Cannibal Secret Society | African Religions, History of Africa, Vodun

12th - Higher Ed
The Leopard Men: Africa's Cannibal Secret Society | African Religions, History of Africa, Vodun
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Instructional Video8:06
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Mark Naison - From Rock and Roll to Hip Hop

Higher Ed
Dr. Mark Naison, Professor of African American Studies and History at Fordham University, is the author of seven books and over 300 articles on African American politics, labor history, popular culture and education policy. His first...
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Instructional Video4:08
Red Rock Films

Who was Maya Angelou?

6th - 8th
How a once-silent little girl came to be a powerful voice involved in some of the most significant events in modern history.
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Instructional Video5:02
The Guardian

What is Juneteenth – and should it be a federal holiday in the US? – video explainer

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Every 19 June for more than 150 years African Americans across the US have celebrated freedom from slavery. Guardian US reporter Kenya Evelyn explores the significance of Juneteenth, how celebrations have evolved over the years and looks...
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Instructional Video0:30
The March of Time

1937: DRAMATIZATION of VOODOO RITUAL: African-American & Black people dancing ion room w/ small alter table center, men holding & shaking chickens, frantic dancing, woman beating drum w/ hand. Vodou, Santeria, ancient religion.

12th - Higher Ed
MOT 1937: DRAMATIZATION of VOODOO RITUAL: African-American & Black people dancing ion room w/ small alter table center, men holding & shaking chickens, frantic dancing, woman beating drum w/ hand. Vodou, Santeria, ancient religion.
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Instructional Video3:45
Curated Video

African filmmakers turn cameras on the African diaspora

Higher Ed
SHOTLIST(including transcript):- 1. VSs FESPACO, Public in front of Maison Du Peuple, a Festival center 2. Film clip "Les Couilles de l'Éléphant" 3. MS Nadege Beausson-Diagne (actress in film - born and grew up in Paris, working in...
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Instructional Video3:17
Curated Video

South Africans pray for Nelson Mandela in different churches throughout the country

Higher Ed
South Africa's day of prayer on Sunday in memory of Nelson Mandela highlighted the role of the church in the country's journey from white domination to black majority rule. South Africans of all races flocked to houses of worship to...
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Instructional Video11:57
Curated Video

Into Africa and Wole Soyinka: Crash Course Theater #49

12th - Higher Ed
It's difficult to talk about African theater thanks to colonialism. Pre-colonial Africa was home to many spoken languages, and not nearly as many written languages. The chain of oral tradition was broken by colonial policies, and so many...
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Instructional Video9:40
History Hit

Africa and War

12th - Higher Ed
The first shot fired by British forces in the First World War was fired by an African soldier in Africa. Historian David Olusoga presents three 1418 Now art commissions that will highlight the often overlooked role played by African...
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Instructional Video6:32
Curated Video

Micheal Jackson: the Legend

9th - Higher Ed
Michael Jackson's tour took him to the west coast of Africa in 1992, where he was warmly received by the locals. He was so beloved that a remote village on the Ivory Coast decided to crown him king. The tribal chief crowned Jackson King...
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Instructional Video2:13
Curated Video

Second day of carnival in Port-au-Prince

Higher Ed
1. Various group of female dancers wearing African tribal costumes 2. Participants in the parade wearing big shiny hats 3. Various of female dancer performing tribal dance 4. Group of participants in the parade playing drums and trumpets...
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Instructional Video6:31
Mr. Beat

Slavery in the 13 Colonies (Story Time with Mr. Beat)

6th - 12th
Once upon a time, African nations fought each other, as nations tend to do throughout history. After a victory, an African nation would often enslave many of the enemies it had captured. Most of these enslaved Africans, from various...
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Instructional Video1:58
Curated Video

Mbeki speaks at opening of ANC national conference

Higher Ed
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa - 16 Dec 2002 1. Wide shot of Party conference 2. Conference members singing and dancing 3. Delegates singing and dancing on stage 4. Cutaway white delegates 5. Reverse shot of Mbeki talking on...
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Instructional Video3:25
Curated Video

Apartheid victims set hopes for reparations on lawsuits in America

Higher Ed
1. Wide shot Zamdela township, Sasolburg (outside Johannesburg) 2. Street scene 3. Wide shot interior Zamdela community hall 4. Ed Fagan being welcomed on stage 5. Audience 6. Ed Fagan explaining claims to audience 7. Cutaway unemployed...
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Instructional Video2:44
Curated Video

Pope celebrates mass with Angolan clergy

Higher Ed
1. Exterior San Paulo church, downtown Luanda 2. Pan arrival of Pope Benedict XVI in his Popemobile, driving through the crowds 3. Women clapping and waving flags 4. People standing outside the church of San Paolo, watching mass on a big...
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Instructional Video4:31
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Siobhan Carter-David - 'Heritage' by Countee Cullen

Higher Ed
Dr. Carter-David is an Assistant Professor in History, teaching in the areas of fashion/beauty studies, American culture and identity politics, and African American, urban, and recent United States history. Her research explores the...
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Instructional Video5:00
Curated Video

Experience the Vibrant Celebration of Junkanoo in the Bahamas

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The Junkanoo parade starts on Boxing Day (December 26th) in the Bahamas. The colorful festival celebrates life and freedom and is thought to be named after John Canoe, a West African prince who was enslaved in the Bahamas. Learn more...
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Instructional Video1:58
Curated Video

Gbagbo youth supporters at rally as political crisis continues

Higher Ed
1. Wide of youth rally in support of incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to leave office 2. Mid of people in crowd dancing to music at the rally 3. Various of people at the rally 4. Wide of Charles Ble Goude (seated on top of...
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Instructional Video2:29
Curated Video

Fans react as hosts and French both go out of competition

Higher Ed
1. South African fans dancing, blowing Vuvuzela trumpets 2. SOUNDBITE (English) No names given, South African fans: "Brilliant, amazing, awesome - everything in one. They made it up for all the time - all the support, all the tears,...
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Instructional Video1:33
Curated Video

SOUTH AFRICA: JOHANNESBURG: WORKERS RIGHTS PROTEST

Higher Ed
Natural Sound Thousands of chanting, singing protesters marched through downtown Johannesburg on Tuesday to push for workers' rights in new laws being drafted by the government. President Nelson Mandela put in a surprise appearance to...

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