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Click on the images of the book covers below to see enlarged sample pages and film clips from our documentary DVDs. |
Africa meets AfricaThe Power to Speak
An introduction to African cultural expression, practical learning material for the classroom and contributions from established arts educators. This 90 minute video, in four parts, and the richly illustrated interactive resource book that accompanies it, guides educators as they answer the question ‘what is culture?’ in relation to various contexts.
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Africa meets AfricaMaking a Living through the Mathematics of Zulu Design
This resource book and the film that accompanies it, explores Zulu cultural tradition and innovation in beautifully crafted objects of everyday use. General mathematical ideas on numbers, polygonous figures, tessellations and symmetry are traced in the integrity of their design, and the complex styles of weaving, beadwork and pottery used to make them.
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Africa meets AfricaNdebele Women designing Identity
This 64 page educator's resource book and the accompanying film on DVD investigates the history and cultural expression of the Ndzundza and Manala Ndebele and the unique role women have played in preserving and expressing Ndebele identity. The design language developed in their beadwork,homestead architecture and painting, is also approached mathematically, in terms of the remarkable sense of symmetry and proportion displayed.
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To be released mid 2011: the next teacher's resource book and DVD in our series titled Africa meets Africa: Pathways through the Interior |