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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Extra bitter
    sub title: the legacy of the Chocolate Islands
  title info:
    title: Legacy of the Chocolate Islands
  name:
    name part: Vertongen, Derek
    role:
      role term: director.
  name:
    name part: Hargrave, George
    name part: 1952-
    role:
      role term: producer.
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Internet videos.
  genre: Documentary films.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2000
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (47 minutes)
  abstract: The invention of a recipe for the chocolate bar in 1879 would have far-reaching consequences for two tiny islands off the west coast of Africa, Sao Tome and Principe. In this documentary filmed on the two formerly Portuguese colonies known as the 'Chocolate Islands' and in Portugal, fascinating archival film and interviews with historians, writers and the inhabitants create a rich portrait of a little-known country and its history. 'Money grew on trees' from two crops on the Islands: cocoa and coffee, but the ugly side of the plantation system was slavery. Historian Carlos Neves describes the terrible conditions common on these plantations. In England, William Cadbury set up factories producing chocolate bars and, being a Quaker, ran them in a progressive style. His cocoa was supplied by the Portuguese. Hearing that that slaves were being used to produce the cocoa he needed, he travelled to the Chocolate Islands to investigate. There he found a system he called 'slavery in disguise.' He insisted that any Africans could return to their homeland if they wished, or he would cancel the cocoa contracts with the Portuguese. Although the Islands still produce some cocoa, grinding poverty prevails. The Chocolate Islands stand as a sad example of post-colonial decay.
  target audience: adult
  note: directed by Derek Vertongen.
  note: Title from resource description page (viewed June 10, 2015).
  note: In English and Portuguese.
  subject:
    topic: Chocolate industry
    geographic: Sao Tome and Principe
  subject:
    geographic: Sao Tome and Principe
    topic: Economic conditions
  classification: DT615.5 E987 2000
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: VaAlASP
    record creation date: 150610
    record change date: 20260324201610.7
    record identifier: in00003746648
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng