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[Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria outdoor performance 1997]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in Umunze Africa of the Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria, in October of 1997. The footage shows acrobatic dancers performing in an outdoor plaza surrounded by a wall. The dancers wear traditionally clothing and perform dances, tricks, and musical instruments in various groups.
Date: October 23, 1997
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria
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[Literary voices series featuring author and Ph.D. Etiese T. Mkpa Abasika]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a literary voices series event with Nigerian author Dr. Etiese T. Mkpa Abasika hosted over the weekend of October 15-16th, 1999, at the Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows Dr. Abaskika discussing his book "The Black Jesus: The Conspiracy and the World's Best Kept Secret".
Date: October 16, 1999
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis
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[News Clip: Somali Local]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.
Date: December 8, 1992
Duration: 2 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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["Ozulumba" outdoor performances]

Description: Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Nigerian dance company Ozulumbas program entitled "The Palace Carnival". The footage shows the highlights of the program: the wonder masquerade, maiden dancers, basket masquerade, and the acrobatic-atilogwau dancers. The tape was filmed outside with dancers wearing traditional clothing and costumes.
Date: 1995/1996
Duration: 11 minutes 49 seconds
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[Public service announcement for Kankouran Dance Company]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a performance by the Kankouran West African Dance Company on April 17, 1999. The event was hosted by the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. The commercial shows clips of dancers performing under a news anchor's narration of the date, time, and location of the performance.
Date: April 17, 1999
Duration: 37 seconds
Creator: Konte, Assane & Gueye, Medoune
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[Video of the Kankouran Dance Company performance]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters performance by the Kankouran West African Dance Company on April 17, 1999. The event was hosted by the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. The video records the 50-minute performance of drummers and dancers playing four traditional West African pieces titled "Baak", "Bantaba", "Mansonko" and "Sabar".
Date: April 17, 1999
Duration: 52 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Konte, Assane & Gueye, Medoune
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["Well Spring of Life: Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora" slideshow video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a slideshow showing the works in exhibition for "Well Spring of Life: Contemporary Arts of the African Diaspora". The video includes still photographs of works from the countries of Ghana, Haiti and Nigeria transitioned by a page-turning animation. The art is primarily painting and mixed 2-D media.
Date: 1991
Duration: 3 minutes 14 seconds
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