In the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, thousands of scientific and religious texts have been hidden for centuries. This program examines the rich history and variety of Timbuktu’s lost libraries. Scholars from across Africa and the Western world elucidate how valuable these fragile treasures are to our knowledge of Africa, Islam, and the growth of literacy outside the Western tradition. The program also asks: how differently would Africa have developed if the libraries hadn’t been forced underground by colonial interests?

Mhenga Kwame Ture: Last Fireside Chat Howard University [17 February 1998]

John Pilger: Apartheid Did Not Die [1998]

DocuDrama: Goodbye Uncle Tom [1971]

⁣Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.


⁣The film is based on true events in which the filmmakers explore antebellum America, using period documents to examine in graphic detail the racist ideology and degrading conditions faced by Africans under slavery.

Mhenga Kwame Ture: The Fundamentals of Unity for Black People

Gil Noble - Like It Is: COINTELPRO [1980]

Mhenga Fred Hampton [1971 Documentary]

Mhenga Malcolm X: On King James and the Bible
Muhammad Speaks Radio Broadcast - Atlanta, Georgia

COINTELPRO: The FBI's War on Black America

Mhenga Huey P. Newton, Ishmael Reed & Jawanza Kunjufu On Racism Again Black Men [1988]