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Say Brother; Africa: An Overview; Aggrery Mbere interview
Part of Say Brother.
08/06/1976
In this clip, South African Dr. Aggrery Mbere,an instructor at Roxbury Community College and member of the South African National Congress, talks to Marita Muhammad Rivero about an article in which the Whites of South Africa claimed to have brought "civilization" to South Africa. Overall, the program focuses on the current political situation of Africa. Host Marita Rivero speaks separately with Aggrey Mbere (member of the South African National Congress and a current instructor at Roxbury Community College) and Mugelle Otieno about developing an organization by Africans for Africans to solve Africa's problems, revamping aid programs, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's visit to Africa, Mbere's participation in the United States Civil Rights struggle, whether there are true policy changes occurring in the United States, whether liberation will occur with or without outside forces, and how Communism will factor into the struggle. Program includes the "Community Calendar." Produced by Marita Muhammad Rivero.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Africa: An Overview
- Program Number
623
- Title
Aggrery Mbere interview
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program focuses on the current political situation of Africa. Host Marita Rivero speaks separately with Aggrey Mbere (member of the South African National Congress and a current instructor at Roxbury Community College) and Mugelle Otieno about developing an organization by Africans for Africans to solve Africa's problems, revamping aid programs, Secretary of State Kissenger's visit to Africa, MBere's participation in the United States Civil Rights struggle, whether there are true policy changes occurring in the United States, whether liberation will occur with or without outside forces, and how Communism will factor into the struggle. Program includes the "Community Calendar."
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Segregation
- Otieno, Mugelle
- Civil rights
- Mbere, Aggrey Mxolisi
- South Africa--Politics and government
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Rivero, Marita (Producer)
- Barrow, Barbara (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Rivero, Marita (Host)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Africa: An Overview; Aggrery Mbere interview,” 08/06/1976, GBH Archives, accessed April 23, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EEDA9EAED14340529EB0255C0B92B093.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Africa: An Overview; Aggrery Mbere interview.” 08/06/1976. GBH Archives. Web. April 23, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EEDA9EAED14340529EB0255C0B92B093>.
- APA: Say Brother; Africa: An Overview; Aggrery Mbere interview. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EEDA9EAED14340529EB0255C0B92B093