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I shall moulder before I shall be taken : a story of Afro-American defiance

Title
  1. I shall moulder before I shall be taken : a story of Afro-American defiance / a film by S. Allen Counter and David Evans.
Published by
  1. Newton, Mass. : Education Development Center, ©1976.

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Additional authors
  1. Counter, S. Allen
  2. Evans, David Beecher, 1928-
  3. Jones, James Earl
  4. Education Development Center
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Documents the authors' 1972 expedition to the tropical rain forests of Suriname to study the Ndjuka people, a society peopled by escaped enslaved Africans from the Caribbean and the United States, who created a culture comprised of traditions from many nations to establish an enclave of Africa in South America. The Ndyuka and related people are of African descent, transported as cargo by the Dutch to Suriname in the 17-18th century to work on Dutch-owned colonial plantations. Those who escaped fled deep into the rainforests where they established Maroon communities along rivers in mostly southeastern Suriname and parts of neighboring French Guiana and where their culture adopted elements of Native American cultures. It is rare for Ndyuka people to marry outside the group, "so they remain genetically close to their African ancestors."
Subject
  1. Counter, S. Allen
  2. Evans, David Beecher, 1928-
  3. Ndjuka people
  4. Ethnology -- Suriname
  5. Maroons -- Suriname
  6. Ndjuka people -- Civilization
  7. Ndjuka people -- Suriname -- Social life and customs
  8. Suriname -- Social life and customs
  9. Suriname -- History
Language
  1. English
Credits (note)
  1. Cameramen, Kevin Burke, Richard Rogers ; film editors, Claire Ritchie, David Berenson ; consultants, Nana K. Nketsia [and others].
System details (note)
  1. VHS.
Title
  1. I shall moulder before I shall be taken : a story of Afro-American defiance / a film by S. Allen Counter and David Evans.
Imprint
  1. Newton, Mass. : Education Development Center, ©1976.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videocassette
Performer
  1. James Earl Jones.
Credits
  1. Cameramen, Kevin Burke, Richard Rogers ; film editors, Claire Ritchie, David Berenson ; consultants, Nana K. Nketsia [and others].
System details
  1. VHS.
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Added author
  1. Counter, S. Allen.
  2. Evans, David Beecher, 1928-
  3. Jones, James Earl.
  4. Education Development Center.
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