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The cutting edge of progress /

The consequences for an indigenous Central African tribe, the Tonga of Zimbabwe, that was physically, culturally and economically dislocated by the damming of the Zambezi River to create Lake Kariba. Reveals how the Tonga are still waiting for the benefits of progress.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Open University, British Broadcasting Corporation, Media Guild
Other Authors: Morris, Eleanor
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: San Diego, CA : Media Guild, [1992]
Series:Third World development series.
Subjects:
Tonga (Zambezi people) > Relocation.
Forced migration > Social aspects > Zambezi River Region.
Forced migration > Economic aspects > Zambezi River Region.
Tonga (Zambezi people) > Social conditions.
Forced migration > Zimbabwe.
Forced migration > Zambia.
Rural development > Zimbabwe.
Rural development > Zambia.
Documentary films.
Description
Summary:The consequences for an indigenous Central African tribe, the Tonga of Zimbabwe, that was physically, culturally and economically dislocated by the damming of the Zambezi River to create Lake Kariba. Reveals how the Tonga are still waiting for the benefits of progress.
Item Description:At head of title: Developing world.
"This Open University course was developed with the assistance of Oxfam and the Commission of the European Communities."
"FOUT394T."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (24 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Film camera, Mohinder Dhillon; film editor, Jill Huxley; narrator, Juliet Stevenson; title music, Steven Faax; academic consultant, Tim Allen.