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The Difficulties Encountered by Nigerian Students in Pursuing Graduate Degrees in the North Texas Area of the United States

Description: This study concerns the difficulties encountered by Nigerian students in pursuing graduate degrees in the North Texas area of the United States. The purposes of this study were: (a) to determine the extent to which the perceived difficulties are a result of financial difficulties, (b) to determine the extent to which language is perceived as an inhibiting factor during their period of study, (c) to determine the extent to which family problems contributed to the difficulties, (d) to determine t… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Ekong, Imoh
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Script: Bentsen Bill]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of oil industry to quadruple its payment to the treasury for future offshore oil and gas leases.
Date: December 14, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Young]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 14, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Ozulumba" outdoor performances]

Description: Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Nigerian dance company Ozulumbas program entitled "The Palace Carnival". The footage shows the highlights of the program: the wonder masquerade, maiden dancers, basket masquerade, and the acrobatic-atilogwau dancers. The tape was filmed outside with dancers wearing traditional clothing and costumes.
Date: 1995/1996
Duration: 11 minutes 49 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Well Spring of Life: Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora" slideshow video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a slideshow showing the works in exhibition for "Well Spring of Life: Contemporary Arts of the African Diaspora". The video includes still photographs of works from the countries of Ghana, Haiti and Nigeria transitioned by a page-turning animation. The art is primarily painting and mixed 2-D media.
Date: 1991
Duration: 3 minutes 14 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Nigeria]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 14, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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World Survey of Tantalum Ore

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the occurrences of tantalum in different areas of the world. The tantalum deposits are described in reference to each individual country that it is found in. This report includes maps, tables, and illustrations.
Date: March 1945
Creator: Baker, James S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria outdoor performance 1997]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in Umunze Africa of the Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria, in October of 1997. The footage shows acrobatic dancers performing in an outdoor plaza surrounded by a wall. The dancers wear traditionally clothing and perform dances, tricks, and musical instruments in various groups.
Date: October 23, 1997
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Literary voices series featuring author and Ph.D. Etiese T. Mkpa Abasika]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a literary voices series event with Nigerian author Dr. Etiese T. Mkpa Abasika hosted over the weekend of October 15-16th, 1999, at the Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows Dr. Abaskika discussing his book "The Black Jesus: The Conspiracy and the World's Best Kept Secret".
Date: October 16, 1999
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Black Art - Ancestral Legacy" art exhibition documentary]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in support of the Black Art: Ancestral Legacy art exhibition shown at the Dallas Museum of Art from December 3rd, 1989 to February 25th, 1990. The exhibition focused on the African impulse on African American Art. The footage is a documentary-style video featuring narration, art historian, and artist commentary on the exhibition.
Date: 1989/1990
Duration: 43 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Simmons, Katina; Stepneski, Mark & Nance, Daryl
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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