The San people are believed to be among the first humans to inhabit the southern Africa region. After entering modern times, the San people in Botswana were deprived of their land and hunting rights. To compound all these, alcoholism and violence spread among the San sub-tribes, as cultural rites and traditions are gradually disappear.

Zanzibar -- The Dark Side of Paradise is a twenty minute news documentary which looks at the causes and consequences of the longest blackout in history. The film assesses how unremitting power problems in the Spice Islands are putting their fragile economy at great risk, whilst also denying their impoverished population a safe water supply. It also provides a background of Zanzibar's current political situation and their dependence on tourism in order to illustrate why the power cuts are only serving to aggravate an already dire situation.

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Nelson Mandela addresses the participants of the World Economic Forum's 1999 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, and looks back on his struggle against apartheid and tenure as president of South Africa.

on Oct. 9th 2008, Wangari Maathai held this great speech at World Forum Lille opening session. First African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (in 2004), she is a Kenyan environmentalist known for her fight against deforestation. Mrs Wangari Maathai, in 1977, founded the Green Belt Movement and within its framework, already planted over 30 million trees! Through her commitment to environmental causes, she wishes to testify on the urgency and show that it is high time to recognize the impact of human activity on our environment.

(2015) WARNING: ADULT LANGUAGE. Documentary featuring an emerging strain of anger among some prominent African-American activists and intellectuals during the civil rights movement.
“Blood In My Eye,” produced by Louis Bourgeois of Vox Press of Oxford, and filmmaker Mykki Newton intersperses scenes from the movement in the 1960s with the provocative language of Eldridge Cleaver, the Black Panther leader who wrote “Soul On Ice,” novelist and essayist James Baldwin, the author of “The Fire Next Time,” and other black writers.
RUNTIME: 61 MINUTES

Nelson Mandela - Full ConcertRecorded Live: 30 May1990 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Oakland, CA)More Nelson Mandela at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.comSubscribe to Music Vault: http://goo.gl/DUzpUFSetlist:0:00:00 - Speech0:09:44 - Speech0:22:11 - South African National Anthem0:25:14 - Drum March

The role of the thorny acacia tree in the survival of wildlife in Tanzania's arid Serengeti Plain. The flat-topped trees help sustain bush elephants, giraffes, impalas, weaver and secretary birds, and a variety of insects.

A collection of some of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final speeches, recorded November 1967 & March 1968 and issued on lp shortly after his assassination on April 4, 1968.1. Dr. King Talks About Local 1199 - New York City March 10, 1968.2. Song: Everybody's Got To Live by Jimmy Collier & Rev. Fred Kirkpatrick3. Labor and The Way In Vietnam - Chicago November 11, 19674. Dr. King's Own Eulogy - Atlanta, February 4, 19685. Leon J. Davis - President, Local 1199 6. Address To Local 1199 Freedom Salute - New York City, March 10, 1968

A speech by the activist Angela Davis recorded at the University of Houston on April 2, 1973. The speech was part of the University of Houston World Issues Conference, "Age of Revolution: Agenda for the World," sponsored by the UH Student Association and the UH Program Council. Davis criticizes the American government's capitalist interests, applauds international revolutionary efforts such as armed struggle against colonialism, and calls for socialist revolution as the path for liberation.

Young couple building small home using local earth materials in Ghana just outside of Accra.

The house took 15 days to build and all materials are locally sourced.