Africa is My Home
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1994.19.7
name: label: Collection Film distributor
content: Pennsylvania State University. Audio-Visual Services
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content: Penn State educational film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (21 minutes, black-and-white sound; 770 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film produced in cooperation with the Teacher Training College at Issele-Uku, Western Region, Nigeria, is a fictionalized account of a young Ibo girl growing up in Nigeria as the country gains independence and begins to establish itself as a modern state. The "old Nigeria" of mud huts, carved wooden dolls and ju-ju worship gives way to Christianity, higher education and modern cities. Included are scenes of daily life in a rural village (going to market, gathering water, washing clothes and children in school) and Ibadan and the University College of Ibadan. Historical footage shows Nigerian Independence Day, Abubakar Tafawabalewa with retinue, the Governor General of Nigeria reviewing troops and handing over the reins of government to Tafawabalewa. Sound track features traditional songs and Christian hymns sung in a variety of Nigerian languages.

Legacy Keywords: J. Michael Hagopian Ph.D. ; South America ; Nigeria ; Igbo (African people) ; Hausa (African people) ; Yoruba (African people)