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Tarzan in the Classroom: How "Educational" Films Mythologize Africa and Miseducate Americans.

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Walker, Sheila S.; Rasamimanana, Jennifer – Journal of Negro Education, 1993

A 1980 analysis of educational films on Africa in the collection of a major U.S. urban public school district and a 1991 follow-up reveal that the district's visual resources about Africa were, with few exceptions, inaccurate and misleading, exhibiting the worst stereotypes. Reviews some practical approaches to cross-cultural education. (SLD)

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