Gwajin Ilimi na Bantu

Gwajin Kinema na Bantu ( BEKE ) wani aiki ne na Majalisar Mishan ta Duniya tare da haɗin gwiwar Kamfanin Carnegie na New York da gwamnatocin mulkin mallaka na Birtaniyya na Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Arewacin Rhodesia da Nyasaland a tsakiyar 1930s.  Aikin ya ƙunshi fina-finan ilimantarwa da gidajen sinimar wayar hannu suke kunna don ilimantar da baƙar fata (" bantu "). Kimanin 35 irin waɗannan fina-finai, akan 16mm, an shirya su tsakanin 1935 da 1937, lokacin da kyautar Carnegie ta ƙare. J. Merle Davis ne ya jagoranci aikin, darektan Sashen Nazarin zamantakewa da masana'antu na Majalisar Mishan ta Duniya; George Chitty Latham, tsohon shugaban Sashen Ilimi na Arewacin Rhodesia; da Manjo Leslie Allen Notcutt, tsohon manajan shuka a Kenya.

Shirye-shiryen BEKE sun kasance fina-finai marasa inganci marasa inganci tare da makircin butulci wanda yawanci ya shafi "mutumin mai hikima" (mai ba da kyakkyawan misali) wanda ya rinjayi "mutumin wawa" (mai nuna munanan halaye). Yayin da wasu 'yan wasan kwaikwayo baƙar fata ne, duk abin da ke cikin samarwa Birtaniyya ne, yana ginawa a kan stereotypical wakilci na Afirka da 'yan Afirka. Babban koyarwar da fina-finan suka gabatar shine game da tsafta, hanyoyin noman kuɗaɗe da tallan haɗin gwiwa; wasu kuma sun kasance "fina-finai masu daraja" waɗanda suka haskaka cibiyoyin mulkin Birtaniya. Fina-finan BEKE guda uku ne kawai suka tsira, kuma ana gudanar da su a Cibiyar Tarihi ta Fina-Finai ta Biritaniya :

 "Koyarwar Dabbobin Dabbobi na 'Yan Afirka" (1936), 
 "Tropical Hookworm" (1936),  da
 "Gwamnatin manoman Afirka - Gwajin Kingolwira" (1936). 

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