Two films from the late 1990s address homosexuality in Africa. Dakan, directed by Mohamed Camara, (San Francisco: California Newsreel, 1997), is a dramatic story that examines the conflicts between love and social conventions. Philip Brooks and Laurent Bocahut’s Woubi Chéri (San Francisco: California Newsreel, 1998) documents Africa’s gender pioneers. Unfortunately, both films are available in VHS format only.


“Greening Giant”
by Chris Turner
(pp. 20”“24)

For more on the CII-Godrej GBC building, read “LEEDing Green in India ” in Architecture Week magazine (September 22, 2004).

Two recent books investigating the theory and practice of sustainable development and eco-construction are Evaluating Sustainable Development in the Built Environment by Peter S. Brandon and Patrizia Lombardi (Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science, 2005) and Cities, People, Planet: Liveable Cities for a Sustainable World by Herbert Girardet (Chichester, UK: Wiley-Academy, 2004).

Looking to go green yourself Think LED lights, dual-flush toilets, and insulated hot-water heaters. You might be surprised to find out that as much as 35 percent of your home’s heat is lost through the basement (so much for the notion that hot air always rises). And your dryer uses more energy per year than any other appliance. For home improvement advice, try the Ecology Action Centre’s tips for energy efficiency or the government of Canada’s Office of Energy Efficiency . For more green-it-yourself inspiration, read the Christian Science Monitor article “In Portland, living the green American dream ” (April 26, 2005).


“Little Boy’s Family Reunion”
by Marcello di Cintio
(pp. 24”“26)

For a wider contextual study of Oak Ridge and the legacy of America’s nuclear project, read Russell Olwell’s At Work in the Atomic City: A Labor and Social History of Oak Ridge, Tennessee (Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2004). You might like to complement this quick read with an edited collection of scientists’ memoirs, Remembering the Manhattan Project: Perspectives on the Making of the Atomic Bomb and its Legacy (ed. Cynthia Kelly; Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2004).