Views
"Your program on PBS was excellent. I am very much interested in
purchasing the video and the books. I have a son in Gabon working for
the Peace Corps. When he returns home, he also can see and read about
Africa."
Viewer, Dallas, TX
"Thank you for a grand program. Thank you Dr. Mazrui!"
Viewer, Trenton, NJ
Reviews
The Chicago Tribune
October 1986
"The Africans is a curious piece - a provocative exhaustive, highly
selective potpourri that is enlightening and irritating, informative and
intriguing, petulant and polemical."
"The Africans deserves to be seen, flaws and all. And whatever one
thinks of Ali Mazrui, it is obvious through it all that here is a man who
deeply cares about what he likes to call a 'remarkable continent.' "
The Washington Post
October 1986
"The Africans is nothing if not provocative. At the same time it would
be all but impossible to watch it and not learn from it - in part because
so little, really, about Africa is known."
"Never have Americans had a chance to see so much of contemporary Africa,
and see it from a point of view that is radically different from that of
Tarzan movies, animal documentaries, 'Out of Africa' romances or
starving-baby news clips."
Awards
American Film and Video Festival
1987 Red Ribbon Award for "A Clash of Cultures"
Birmingham International Educational Film Festival
1987 Award for "A Legacy of Lifestyles"
Columbus International Film and Video Festival
1987 Bronze Plaque Award for "A Clash of Cultures"
Communications Excellence to Black America (CEBA) Award
1987 Certificate of Merit for "Global Africa"
Council on International Nontheatrical Events "Cine"
1987 Golden Eagle Award for "A Legacy of Lifestyles"
Houston International Film Festival "Worldfest Houston"
1987 Silver Award for "New Conflicts"
International Association of Audio Visual Communicators
1987 Bronze "Cindy" for "New Conflicts"
Japan Prize
1987 Certificate of Special Recognition
National Educational Film and Video Festival
1986 Honorable Mention for "A Clash of Cultures"
New York World Television Festival
1988 Invited Feature: "A Clash of Cultures"
Ohio State Award
1987 Award for "A Clash of Cultures"
