- Title: VM-582B
- Summary: SPREADING THE WORD: GHANA TROUBADOUR. LYRIC POET. ORAL HISTORIAN. AFRICA. ORAL TRADITIONS. UNESCO LITERACY CAMPAIGN. EDUCATION. NUTRITION HEALTH TEAM. ROTO PRESS. CANOE MAKERS. OLD WORLD CRAFTSMEN. PARAMOUNT CHIEF. PRIMARY SCHOOL. TEACHER. WELCOMING DANCE.
- Description:00:01:13 - GHANIAN TROUBADOUR LEADING VILLAGERS FROM ATAKPAME REGION IN SONG 00:01:41 - MS TRIO OF BUSINESSMEN WORKING ROTO PRESS MACHINE. COPIER MACHINE 00:03:02 - UNESCO VOLUNTEER, ELLA GRIFFIN SPEAKING 00:06:45 - GHANIANS CARVING OUT A CANOE, CANOE MAKERS 00:07:07 - COUPLE WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS 00:07:20 - CANOE CARVER IN THE WOODS CARVING CANOE FROM HUGE TREE, CANOE MAKING PROCESS, OLD WORLD CRAFTSMEN. 00:09:48 - GHANIAN COUPLE WALKING AWAY FROM CAMERA INTO THE WOODS 00:10:58 - GHANIAN TROUBADOUR RECORDING VILLAGERS SINGING CU PORTABLE TAPE RECORDER. DANCER. BEAUTIFUL ETHNIC AFRICAN BATIK COLORFUL DRESS, CLOTHING 00:12:57 - GHANIAN TROUBADOUR, ORAL HISTORIAN SPEAKING 00:14:10 - TEACHER AT BLACKBOARD TEACHING PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN HOW TO READ AND WRITE IN THEIR MOTHER TONGUE. COED CLASS. CHILDREN RECITING AFTER TEACHER, TEACHER WRITING LESSONS ON BLACKBOARD 00:15:18 - GHANIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CLASS, MATH CLASS TOUGHT IN ENGLISH TO OLDER STUDENTS. TEACHER LEANING OVER STUDENT'S DESKS, CHECKING MATH ASSIGNMENT 00:16:22 - MS PIPE SMOKING PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF THE REGION SPEAKING ON MOTHER TONGUE FIRST, THEN ENGLISH TEACHING OF SCHOOL CHILDREN 00:18:43 - AUTOMOBILE APPROACHING VILLAGE, DRIVER BEEPING THE HORN. PARKS THE CAR, NUTRITION TEAM GETS OUT OF CAR IN VILLAGE NEAR AKKRA. 00:19:16 - CU DRUMMER MUSICIAN PLAYING SMALL DRUM IN TIME WITH OTHERS 00:19:28 - WHOLE VILLAGE PERFORMING WELCOMING DANCE 00:20:47 - NUTRITION TEAM NURSE SHAKES HANDS WITH VILLAGE CHIEF, LEADERS 00:21:06 - NUTRITION TEAM GIVING VILLAGE A NUTRITION LESSON HOLDING UP FOOD GROUP POSTER IN ENGLISH. CU SIX FOOD GROUPS. CUTS TO VILLAGERS LISTENING ABOUT BALANCED DIET. HEALTH TEAM PREPARING NUTRITIOUS MEAL, SHOWING VILLAGERS HOW TO EAT WELL 00:23:05 - CU OLDER AGED WOMAN MISSING FRONT TEETH ARGUING WITH NUTRITIONISTS, OLDER MEMBERS OF THE VILLAGE HARD TO CHANGE 00:24:12 - NUTRITION TEAM MEMBERS HANDING OUT PAMPHLETS TO VILLAGERS. MS CHIEF LEANING ON TREE, UMBRELLA SHADES HIM, READING NUTRITION PAMPHLETS 00:24:57 - NURSE APPROACHES CHIEF WHO SPEAKS TO HER, THE MAN BEHIND THE CHIEF SPEAKING AT SAME TIME 00:26:30 - LS VILLAGERS LISTENING TO LYRIC POET, TROUBADOUR LEADING VILLAGERS IN SONG. KEEPING ORAL TRADITION ALIVE 00:28:21 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-582B