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Hopes on the Horizon: Africa in the 1990s Production Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMA-FMA0002h

The Hope on Horizon Production Papers form a small portion of the larger Henry Hampton Collection. Included are pre-production materials, research materials, photographs, stock footage information, music research, production and editing materials, administrative and publicity and outreach materials.

Dates

  • Creation: 2001

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open.

Conditions Governing Use

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.

If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)

Extent

27 boxes

Historical Note

Hopes on the Horizon is a production from Blackside Inc. that chronicles the rise of pro-democracy movements in six African countries during the 1990s. Premiering on PBS February 16, 2001, this two-hour documentary (narrated by Derrick N. Ashong, with original music by Tunde Jegede), tells the stories of the men and women who initiated, witnessed, and participated in these tumultuous changes. Through on-camera interviews and video footage of key events, viewers will follow the dramatic and often dangerous efforts to bring about fundamental changes in social structure, governance, and economic and civil rights in these countries.

The events and countries depicted in Hopes on the Horizon represent a trend that swept across the continent of Africa during the 1980s and 1990s. A new generation of Africans established a voice for themselves. These new leaders renewed the struggle for democracy that had been building throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as many African countries succeeded in throwing off their colonial rulers. In many nations, the governments that formed in the decades after independence were single-party dictatorships. Pro-democracy movements, which had been steadily growing, gained more support as opposition to dictatorships, corruption, and military rule strengthened and national economies weakened.

In the last decades of this century, pro-democracy leaders directed their attention not only at the legacies of colonial domination, but also at an older generation of African leaders who were perceived as having “let down” their descendants in the struggle for democracy. By the late 1980s, individuals and groups in a number of African countries began to assert their rights to own land, be represented in government, educate their children, change economic structures, document their history, and gain equal rights for women and ethnic minorities.

PBS

Source of Acquisition

The collection was obtained from the Civil Rights Project, Inc. in 2001 and subsequent materials were obtained from Blackside, Inc. in 2002 and 2003.

Related Materials

Title
Hopes on the Horizon: Africa in the 1990s Production Papers
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
English

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Film & Media Archive Collecting Area

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Andy Uhrich
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