Videos and Other Media:
Education

Education: the hope of the developing world (1987)

This program looks at projects in Kenya, East Africa, and Macao, the Portuguese territory in China, where missioners are helping both teachers and students open new doors to education.

Education: a basic human right (1992)

Examines the educational crisis in South Africa where the apartheid regime has for decades maintained two separate and unequal educational systems, one white and one black, with the consequent miseducation of successive generations of black youth and the destruction of untold human potential.

Educating Lucia (c2000). Directors: Charlotte Metcalf, Kirsten Brathen and Sean Smith

Part 25 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. Focuses on the story of three African sisters who want to graduate to secondary school but are more likely to receive no formal education, working as seasonal laborers on one of Zimbabwe's large tobacco farms. They're being raised by their grandmother who can only afford school fees for one girl. In African countries such as Zimbabwe, Uganda and Benin the odds are dramatically against girls getting an education.

Let Them Speak (c2002). Director: John Mbaka

Human rights have carried the wave of democratisation particularly in the new millenium Africa. In Kenya, cases of students unrest have been on the increase. The Legal Resources Foundation, a non-governmental organisation founded in 1993 has therefore taken the initiative to answer one key question. Why students unrest? This is a documentary of its School's Outreach Programme work in informal education to enable students realize their human rights, respect the rule of law and make use of existing administrative mechanisms to effectively resolve conflicts not only at school but at home and in society as a whole. The stakeholders of informal education are encouraged to provide for a forum through which students can more willingly participate in the day to day decision making.

Sigaalow : town of dust (1983)

This film is about a refugee camp hidden away on the banks of a muddy river in East Africa. Highlights from the daily routine of these displaced Somalian nomads, as well as their farming, education and cultural practices are portrayed.

South Africa (c1999). Director: Shareef Cullis

On the 24th of February 1998 Vryburg High School became world news when white parents assaulted black students. As a result of the public outcry and media frenzy over this event, the government appointed a commission of enquiry. Furthermore, the Human Rights Commission began an investigation into racism and integration at 90 schools across the country. This is one story of the struggle to transform education in South Africa.

Study in Africa : new opportunities for American students (1997)

An overview of several U.S. study programs at a variety of African campuses; interviews with African university faculty, administrators and students. U.S. students studying there answer a number of questions.

These girls are missing (199-?)

"... in many African countries, fewer than 20% of girls ever enter a classroom, and across the continent, only one woman in three learns to read." "These girls are missing offers small sets of stories, sharp glimpses into a few intimate relationships layered to mirror the complex reality ..."--Container.