Harambee (Kenya) - PREVIEW

Purchase: http://www.der.org/films/harambee.html Harambee is a traditional Swahili chant meaning heave-ho or pull together the slogan for a united Kenya. Harambee Day or Independence Day is celebrated in this small town in North Kenya with political speeches and an auction at the native school. The film shows how North Kenya- isolated for years- tries to adapt to the new concept of nationhood. Government officials from South Kenya are appointed as ambassadors to spread the idea of national unity to a people unaccustomed to it.

a film by David MacDougall and James Blue
from the Faces of Change collection
distributed by Documentary Educational Resources

Category:

Education

Tags:

• africa
• Kenya
• politics
• history
• anthropology
• documentary
• film
• 1970s