The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

Black + White In Colour: African History On Screen edited by Vivian- Bickford Smith and Richard Mendelson.

Black + White In Colour considers how the African past has been represented in a wide range of historical films. Written by an eminent team of scholars, the volume provides an extensive coverage of both place and time and deals with issues that have been prominent in the written history of Africa. Among the themes dealt with are the slave trade, imperialism and colonialism, racism and anticolonial resistance. Many of the films will be familiar to readers: they include Out of Africa, Hotel Rwanda, Lumumba, Cry Freedom, The Battle of Algiers and Ceddo.

Access: https://UnivofPretoria.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/72868858

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making them accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations