City boy of the ivory coast

Series: African Scene Series

Duration: 0:16:13

Genre: Educational | Ethnographic | Historical

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Visual Education Centre: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 11Sep70 · MP21144 (Jan-Jun 1971) Copyright holder: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp Production company: Visual Education Centre

Description: Examines the agricultural development, industrialization, French influence, and educational opportunities found in the Ivory Coast by focusing on the efforts of a 14-year-old school boy to prepare himself for either a white collar job or college. Follows the young student through a school day in the city of Abidjam. Describes this type of traditional education as being similar to a French secondary school and points out the limited job possibilities available to the students upon graduation.

Complete Record: , Examines the agricultural development, industrialization, French influence, and educational opportunities found in the Ivory Coast by focusing on the efforts of a 14-year-old school boy to prepare himself for either a white collar job or college. Follows the young student through a school day in the city of Abidjam. Describes this type of traditional education as being similar to a French secondary school and points out the limited job possibilities available to the students upon graduation.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.