African/African-American Culture: Anansi's Rescue from the River

In this video, storyteller Nana Yaa Asantewaa performs the story “Anansi’s Rescue from the River.” The Anansi tales are told by the Ashanti people of Ghana, West Africa, and have been passed down through the generations by oral tradition.

African/African-American Culture: E Sin Mi D'Africa

Bi-Okoto Drum and Dance Theatre performs a welcome dance that combines movements from several traditional dances of the Yoruba people of Nigeria.

African/African-American Culture: Gue Pelou

Moha Dosso, a professional stilt dancer and musician from the Mahouka tribe in Cote D’Ivoire, West Africa, performs the Gue Pelou dance from the Ivory Coast.The Gue Pelou is a sacred rite used to honor and communicate with the spirit world and can be danced to protect the village.

African/African-American Culture: Hambone

Folk singer John McCutcheon demonstrates the hambone, an African-American rhythm technique that uses the whole body as a “drum set” to produce different sounds.

African/African-American Culture: Kou Kou

Moha Dosso, a professional stilt dancer and musician from the Mahouka tribe in Cote D’Ivoire, West Africa, performs the Kou-Kou dance from the Ivory Coast.Kou-Kou is a communal recreational dance, often used to teach kids how to dance. Moha Dosso performs with the Kyene Drum Ensemble of Louisville, Ky.

African/African-American Culture: Manjani

The Imani Dance and Drum Company of Louisville, Ky., perform the Manjani, a West African dance that celebrates an important event such as the harvest (as in this performance), a wedding, or a naming ceremony.

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African/African-American Culture: Music of Mali

Yaya Diallo, a musician from Mali, talks about how he came to live in Kentucky, the healing properties of music, and his interest in new forms of African music that com¬bine the music of the elders with that of young people.

African/African-American Culture: Plantation Dance/Ring Shout

The Plantation Dance/Ring Shout represents a style of dance and music found in African slave communities on plantations in the southern United States, Caribbean Islands, and other locations.

African/African-American Culture: Sohu

Bi-Okoto Drum and Dance Theatre performs Sohu, a ritual cleansing dance from Togo.

African/African-American Culture: Zudio

This African-American game song is sung to movements described in the lyrics and demonstrated by the children in the audience. Many African-American music and dance styles emphasize rhythm and self-expression, both evident here.

After Love, by Maxime Kumin

In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Maxine Kumin reads her poem, “After Love”, which describes a quiet moment after love-making shared by two people in a long marriage.

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After Making Love We Hear Footsteps, by Galway Kinnell

In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Galway Kinnell reads his poem, “After Making Love We Hear Footsteps”, which depicts the magic of love and family connection.

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Aging Diamonds?

In this video from Nature, geological detectives use ancient diamonds to learn more about Earth's inner layers.

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Agony of Defeat

Students are asked to explain how forces and motion affect the skier in the film.

Agricultural Runoff and the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

This video segment adapted from Big River: A King Corn Companion shows how agricultural chemicals from the Midwest that travel downstream in water runoff create a vast marine "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Agricultural Technology Student: Farming & GPS/GIS

Learn how agricultural technology is changing farming, and one student's life, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology.

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Agricultural Technology Student: Water Management & GPS/GIS

See one adult student's experience attending community college, studying agricultural technology, and discovering career opportunities, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology.

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Aiming For the Basketball Hall of Fame

In this video segment from TV 411, two Atlanta Hawks players plan a driving route to reach the Basketball Hall of Fame. They use map scales to estimate their travel distances.

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Air Bag Design

Using automobile crash test footage, this video segment adapted from NOVA shows some of the challenges in designing the air bag.

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A New World Order

This video from Women, War & Peace explains how women and their dependents are most affected by the changed nature of warfare since the end of the Cold War.

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