Africa's Gift
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Series: Black African Heritage Series
Year Published: 1972
Creator: Westinghouse Broadcasting Co Productions
Format: 16mm
Sound: sound
Description: Features the narration of Gordon Parks in a study of the culture of the African people and their influence on America. Depicts the Watusi, Bakuba and Bapende tribes in the Congo, the Dogon and Ashanti of Ghana, the Yorubas of Nigeria and the Senufos of the Ivory Coast. Compares their music with the music of the new world as played by Lionel Hampton, Mongo Santamaria and Randy Weston. Demonstrates the in fluence of African art in selections from the work of such modern masters as Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Modigliani and Calder.
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