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AFRICAN CHILDREN AT PLAY. BOY WEARING "PEPSI" T-SHIRT, TEEN BOYS, GIRLS PLAYING SOCCER. HAND DOING CRAFTS, SHOE SALESMAN PUTTING SHOE ON WOMAN'S FOOT, MAN CHECKING PRICE TAG ON MOTORCYCLE, WOMAN IN COLORFUI HEAD SCARF WIPES BROW, BLACK BUTCHER SHOPS DOWN ON MEET. CU NATIVES CHOPPING NUTS OPEN WITH MACHETES, NATIVE WOMAN BRAIDING CHILD'S HAIR.
MAN OPERATING HUGE MODERN EARTH MOVING TRACTOR.
NATIVE WOMAN WALKING (R TO L)WITH HUGE BASKET BALANCED ON HEAD. NATIVE WOMAN WASHING CHILD OUTDOORS, IN PAN OF WATER.

WORLD MAP SHOWS AFRICA AS 2ND LARGEST CONTINENT, LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE U. S. INDIA, AND ALL OF EUROPE, WITHIN ITS BORDERS. COVERING 20% OF EARTH'S SURFACE. MAP SHOWS HALF OF AFRICA'S TOTAL AREA IS NOW DESERT.

MAN TURNS OVER SOIL WITH LICK AXE. WOMEN IN NATIVE COSTUME PICK CROP IN FIELD. MOST AFRICAN FARMERS RAISE CROPS, LIVE STOCK MAINLY FOR THEIR OWN USE, GROW ENOUGH TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES AND SELL AT LOCAL MARKET

AFRICAN NOMAD WITH SPEAR, TENDS TO HIS CATTLE.
NOMADIC HERDING IS DECLINING.

NATIVE MAN OPEN VALVE FOR IRRIGATING FARM LAND.
WATER FLOWS FROM PIPE INTO IRRIGATING DITCH. BLACK YOUNG FARMERS DIVERTS WATER WITH DIRT, SHOVELS.
SPRINKLER WATERING PLUSH FIELD OF CROP.

MS NATIVE MAN, WOMAN, USE SPRINKLER CANS TO WATER ROWS OF POTS, IN RE-FORESTATION PROJECT.

TRACTOR SCOOPS STALKS OF SUGAR CANE FROM GROUND, DEPOSITS IT IN DUMP TRUCK.

VARIOUS SCENES HUGE TRACTORS DUMPING ORE INTO TRUCKS, SCOOPING IT UP FROM PILE.

"MACK TRUCK" LOGO SIGN WITH IMAGE OF LARGE BULLDOG

CU BLACK MAN AT SEWING MACHINE AT MILL. BLACK WOMAN, BACK TO CAMERA, SITS AT HER SEWING MACHINE MS YOUNG BLACK WORKERS REPAIRING BIKES.

AFRICAN MAN WORKING A FORK LIFT ON PIER. VARIOUS SCENES BLACK LONGSHOREMEN LOADING SACKS OF GOODS ONTO SHIP VIA WINCH.

MS MAN HOOKS UP CART WITH AUTO TIRES TO DONKEY.
MS DONKEY PULLS WAGON WITH GOODS. DONKEY DRIVEN CARTS, TOWARDS CAMERA.

CROWD WAITING AT BUS STOP. BUS PULLS UP IN FRONT OF THEM, RIGHT TO LEFT. YOUNG BLACK MEN RIDE RUNNING BOARD OF SMALL CROWDED VAN. YOUNG MEN CARRYING BENCHES ON HEADS PASS BY. LS POLICEMAN DIRECTING TRAFFIC OF BIKES, CARS, MOTORCYCLES.

CITY LIFE AFRICAN STYLE - AFRICAN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN MODERN CITY. VARIOUS VIEWS MODERN SKYSCRAPERS, IN LARGE CITY.. MONTAGE CITY SCAPES.

NATIVE WOMAN WEARS MULTI-COLOR COSTUME, HEAD SCARF, BASKET PURSE ON ARM, AS SHE WALKS BY (R TO L). AUTOS CIRCA 1980 PARKED AT CURB IN B/G.
CU TWO MEN CROUCH AS THEY FIX FLAT TIRE. ONE IN BRIGHT RED TURBAN HEAD WEAR (ALA INDIAN SIKH).
TWO MEN IN LONG WHITE ROBES CHAT AT STREET CORNER.

ENTERTAINMENT - CU LARGE BANNER SIGN :"AFRICAN HERITAGE WORKS, PROUDLY PRESENTS SALAMI COKER IN SOPHOCLES IN "KING ODEDIPUS". BOY PERUSES POSTER OF BRUCE LEE MOVIE.

MEN CHECK OUT SHIRTS AT BUSY STORE. WOMAN SALES CLERK HELPS. FAMILIES ENJOYING DAY AT BEACH. YOUNG BOYS PLAY CHESS UNDER BEACH UMBRELLA.

SPORTS - VARIOUS SCENES BUS GIRLS PLAYING SOCCER, BASKETBALL. TWO YOUNG BLACKS ENGAGE IN SENGALESE WRESTLING.

VARIOUS VIEWS TELEVISION STUDIO WITH TALK SHOW IN PROGRESS. STAGE HANDS DOING VARIETY OF TASKS., INCLUDING INSTRUCTING PANEL OF WOMEN. CU WOMEN ON ON PANEL DISCUSSION. MLS TV ANTENNA ON BUILDING.

VILLAGE LIFE - VARIOUS VIEWS WOMEN SEATED OUTSIDE HUTS STIRRING BATTERS WITH WOODEN BATS, CHILDREN PLAY AROUND GOATS. MAN RIDES BIKE WITH CHILD SEATED ON BACK FENDER. CU YOUNG MAN CLEANS HIS PORTABLE RADIO. PLAYING,

CU PURE WHITE ROOTS ARE FED INTO GRINDING MACHINE BY YOUNG GIRL. CU GIRL'S FACE IS SPLATTERED WITH WHITE SUBSTANCE AS SHE FEEDS IT INTO MACHINE.

VILLAGE WOMEN PREPARE DINNER IN LARGE POT ON OPEN FIRE. ONE STIRS POT WITH LARGE OAR-LIKE STICK.
THEY SHARE WITH OTHERS IN THE VILLAGE.

MS ABOVE VIEW AFRICAN MEN, WOMEN AT OPEN MARKET PLACE WITH VARIETY OF PRODUCE ON DISPLAY. GROUPS OF NATIVES IN TRADITIONAL DRESS, BARTERING FOR GOODS, PRODUCE.

AFRICAN MEN IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME PLAY AFRICAN MUSIC ON VARIETY OF STRING INSTRUMENTS. CU MUSICIAN ENGROSSED AS HE PLAYS STRANGE STRING INSTRUMENT. ethnic music

RELIGION - CHRISTIANITY HAS BEEN PRACTICED IN AFRICA FOR 1600 YEARS - VARIOUS SCENES GROUPS OF MEN IN WHITE ROBES WORSHIPING TOGETHER. YOUNG WOMAN HELPS IN WHITE HELPS YOUNG BOY PUT ON WHITE GARMENT. MS YOUNG WOMEN IN WHITE ROBES LEAD MEN WOMEN WORSHIPPERS IN PROCESSION IN CATHOLIC RITUAL CATHOLIC BISHOP FOLLOWS MAN CARRYING CROSS INTO CHURCH,.

LARGE GROUP OF WORSHIPPERS BOW TO ALLAH IN OPEN AREA. AS VOICE OF IMMAM IS HEARD CHANTING.

VARIOUS SCENES TEEN-AGE BOYS, GIRLS, IN SCHOOL COSTUME, SOCIALIZE OUTSIDE SCHOOLS. WITH YOUNG POPULATION GROWING FASTER THAN SCHOOLS CAN BE BUILT, STUDENTS COMPETE FOR THE FEW PLACES IN ALL SCHOOLS IN ALL LEVELS. ILLITERACY IS ESTIMATED AT 75%.

GROUP OF MALE STUDENTS IN RED ROBES CHAT WITH FACULTY MEMBER. ON CAMPUS. LS FELLOW STUDENT TAKES PHOTO OF GROUP OF CLASSMATES.

CHILDREN, PARENTS WATCH PUNCH AND JUDY TYPE SHOW WHICH EMPHASIZES HEALTH CARE.

LS UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING. AFRICA WITH 50 INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES, IS CONTINENT WITH MOST VOTES IN UNITED NATIONS. VARIOUS BLACK AFRICAN DELEGATES SPEAKING. AFRICA FOR AFRICANS IS ULTIMATE GOAL WITH SOUTH AFRICA BEING THE GREAT MOBILIZING THEME..

TWO BLACK MEN CHAT OUTSIDE STORE. ZOOM IN SIGN ABOVE DOOR, :NON-WHITES". PAN SQUALID VILLAGE OF CORRUGATED METAL SHACKS WITH CLOTHES ON CLOTHES LINES. MS BLACK PEDESTRIAN IN BUSINESS SUIT BLACK TORN COAT SLEEVE. MS DRIVER BACKS DUMP TRUCK UP TO BUILDING.

MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS BLACK MEN, WOMEN IN VARIETY COSTUMES WALKING STREETS OF MAJOR CITY. WOMAN WALKING WITH BABY STRAPPED TO BACK.

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