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245 14 a| The sultan's burden /c| by Jon Jerstad, Lisbet Holtedahl, and Northern Lights Film Productions.;

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520 a| Sultan Issa Maigari is the ruler of the northern Cameroon province of Adamawa, an area the size of England. Served by a liveried bodyguard of servants and slaves, he lives in an extraordinary thatched palace with his harem of wives and concubines and his thirty children. We are in a world of heraldry and magic, an ancient world fast disintegrating under the pressures of contempory political forces.In 1992 the Sultan allowed anthropologist Lisbet Holtedahl, and award-winning director Jon Jerstad, to film his life. Never before had a traditional Islamic leader granted such access to a world that seems straight out of the Arabian Nights. We see the many problems besetting the Sultan, ranging from the threat of an armed rebellion among the peasant farmers, to his impossible task of justifying support for the national Christian government to his local Moslem subjects. His courtiers criticize his rule. His own Praise-Singer (surely the worst Praise Singer in Africa) contributes a bitter diatribe against the Sultan for his lack of generosity. The intrigues of the court are reminiscent of Shakespearean drama. Filmed as the first democratic elections in Cameroon were about to be held, The Sultan's Burden captures the myriad political and ethnic rivalries which occur all over Africa as it emerges from a colonial past.;

521 a| For College; Adult audiences.;

530 a| Previously released as DVD.;

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586 a| Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1994;

586 a| Middle East Studies Association, 1995;

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The sultan's burden / by Jon Jerstad, Lisbet Holtedahl, and Northern Lights Film Productions.

Author/creator	Jerstad, Jon
Other author	Holtedahl, Hans.
Other author	Northern Lights Film Productions.
Format	Video (Streaming)
Publication Info	New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1995.
Description	1 online resource (50 min.).
Supplemental Content	https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?FLON;1649691
Subjects	North Province (Cameroon)--Court and courtiers. North Province (Cameroon)--Social life and customs.

Abstract	Sultan Issa Maigari is the ruler of the northern Cameroon province of Adamawa, an area the size of England. Served by a liveried bodyguard of servants and slaves, he lives in an extraordinary thatched palace with his harem of wives and concubines and his thirty children. We are in a world of heraldry and magic, an ancient world fast disintegrating under the pressures of contempory political forces.In 1992 the Sultan allowed anthropologist Lisbet Holtedahl, and award-winning director Jon Jerstad, to film his life. Never before had a traditional Islamic leader granted such access to a world that seems straight out of the Arabian Nights. We see the many problems besetting the Sultan, ranging from the threat of an armed rebellion among the peasant farmers, to his impossible task of justifying support for the national Christian government to his local Moslem subjects. His courtiers criticize his rule. His own Praise-Singer (surely the worst Praise Singer in Africa) contributes a bitter diatribe against the Sultan for his lack of generosity. The intrigues of the court are reminiscent of Shakespearean drama. Filmed as the first democratic elections in Cameroon were about to be held, The Sultan's Burden captures the myriad political and ethnic rivalries which occur all over Africa as it emerges from a colonial past.
General note	Originally released as DVD.
General note	Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
Spec. audience char.	For College; Adult audiences.
Other forms	Previously released as DVD.
Language	This edition in English and French.
Awards note	Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1994
Awards note	Middle East Studies Association, 1995
Genre/form	Documentary films.

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