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Title:

A son of Africa [videorecording] : the slave narrative of Olaudah Equiano / Aimimage Productions for the BBC ; producer, Hugh Williams ; director, Alrick Riley ; writer, Danny Padmore.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

California Newsreel,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

1 videodisc (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Equiano, Olaudah,--b. 1745.
Slaves--United States--Biography.
Slaves--Great Britain--Biography.
Blacks--Great Britain--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Freedmen--Great Britain--Biography.
Abolitionists--Great Britain.--Biography.
Slavery--United States--History--18th century.
Slavery--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Slave trade--Africa--History--18th century.
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Slaves' writings, English--History and criticism.
United States--History--History--18th century.
Great Britain--History--History--18th century.

Other Authors:

Adi, Hakim.
Hall, Stuart.
Duffield, Ian.
Kae-Kazim, Hakeem.
Annan, Frederick.
Tyson, Cathy.
Williams, Hugh.
Riley, Alrick.
Padmore, Danny.
Equiano, Olaudah, b. 1745. Interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano.
Aimimage Productions.
British Broadcasting Corporation.

Notes:

Originally produced for television in 1996. Narrator: Cathy Tyson. Commentary: Hakim Adi (Middlesex U.), Stuart Hall, Ian Duffield. Actors: Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Frederick Annan.

Summary:

A docudrama based on the book, The interesting narrative of the life of Oloudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vaasa the African, which was the first influential slave autobiography. When it was published in 1789, it fueled a growing anti-slavery movement in the U.S. and England. This production employs dramatic reconstruction, archival material and interviews with scholars. Equiano's narrative begins in the West African village where he was kidnapped into slavery in 1756. He was shipped to a Virginia plantation and then later sold again to a British naval officer. Here he learned to read and write, became a skilled trader, eventually bought his freedom and married into English society where he became a leading abolitionist.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56844150

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)