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Children of Africa

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 152

Scope and Contents

Filmed during the AMNH Martin Johnson African Expedition, 1924-1928. Children of Africa is comprised of outtakes from a Martin and Osa Johnson film made during the AMNH Martin Johnson African Expeditions, 1924-1928. Agnes G. Kelly Saunders, AMNH Department of Education, edited, titled, and distributed the film. The film consists of footage taken in east and central Africa, beginning with Cairo, Egypt, where children tend goats, fish, and make faces for the camera. The scene then shifts to the Belgian Congo (now Zaire) to study the clothing and dwellings of a group of villagers. In Kenya, Kikuyu villagers are featured. Special attention is given to the children who are seen dancing, eating, being bathed, and tending one another. A dance by a group of young people in the Sudan follows. Kikuyu, or perhaps Akamba (i.e. Kamba), children, dressed in skin wraps, clap their hands and move in place. A close-up of a young Kikuyu woman shows her ornamentation in great detail.

Dates

  • 1937

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Not available through interlibrary loan. Contact AMNH Library Special Collections for terms of access.

Extent

1 Film Reel (10 minutes) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm.

1 Videocassette (U-Matic (10 minutes)) : silent, black and white ; 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

3/4 in., U-Matic, viewing copy

General

Original format: 16 mm. print.

General

English subtitles.

General

http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1139823

General

Agnes G. Kelly [Saunders], editor; AMNH Education Dept., producer; Martin and Osa Johnson, photographers.

Title
Children of Africa, 1937
Author
Iris Lee
Date
2018
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

Contact:
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