- Title: VM-573A
- Summary: IN SEARCH OF MYSELF: FOCUSES ON TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN ART FORMS, SCULPTURE, MUSIC, WRITING, FOLK OPERAS. TALKING DRUMS TRADITION.
- Description:07:06:38 - SCENES FROM NIGERIAN CITY LAGOS, SHOPPERS AT OUTDOOR MARKETPLACE, HUSTLE & BUSTLE OF CITY LIFE TRADITIONAL AFRICAN DRESS. POLICEMEN IN BERMUDA SHORTS, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON ROUNDABOUT TRAFFIC CIRCLE MINI VANS 07:07:22 - MS MUSICIANS DRUMMERS PLAYING WHILE MAN DANCES A TRADITIONAL DANCE 07:08:08 - NARRATOR SPEAKING, INTRODUCES NIGERIAN NOVELIST WHO SPEAKS ON DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OLD & NEW WAY OF LIFE REDISCOVERING THEIR HISTORY, AFRICAN IDENTITY 07:11:37 - CU AFRICAN CARVED TERRA COTTA STATUETTE, MONTAGE CARVED FIGURES. SCULPTURE. ART CREATED BEFORE CHRIST. 17TH CENTURY BRONZE STATUETTES, BRONZE HORSEMAN, BENIN BRONZES. BAS RELIEF, MASKS FROM VARIOUS TRIBES, WHITE DEATH MASK, BLACK MASK WITH MOUTH OPENING & CLOSING. TRIBAL ART 07:14:02 - NIGERIAN MUSICIANS GIVE EXAMPLE OF TALKING DRUMS TRADITION IN DRUMMING 07:17:05 - NIGERIAN NOVELIST SPEAKING FURTHER, JOINED BY ANOTHER WRITER 07:19:32 - TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN FOLK OPERA WRITER SPEAKS ABOUT HIS PLAYS 07:20:38 - TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN FOLK OPERA PRESENTED 07:25:38 - CHINWA ACHEBI ?SP NOVELIST SPEAKING ON HIS WRITING IN ENGLISH TO COMMUNICATE TO OTHER NIGERIAN TRIBES 07:26:36 - NIGERIAN FOLK OPERA WRITER SPEAKS ABOUT A NEW NIGERIAN ENGLISH DEVELOPING 07:28:03 - BEST SELLING NIGERIAN NOVELIST READING FROM HIS BOOK "THE PALM WINE DRINKER" IN ENGLISH 07:29:23 - NIGERIAN WRITERS TALK ABOUT NIGERIAN IDENTITY 07:32:23 - CU NIGERIAN DRUMMER, MUSICIANS PLAYING TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS & SINGING 07:33:55 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-573A