Shoga Speaks — First Person
Join Filmmaker Dr. Robert Philipson as he explores stories from his personal life.
Shoga Speaks — First Person
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Zanzibar 88, Part Two
Three months after his first visit, Robert Philipson returned to Zanzibar in July of 1988 and reconnected with his friends: Haroub, the object of infatuation; Abou, the civil servant with a wild streak, and his former teacher, mwalimu ...
Zanzibar 88, Part One
In March 1988, Robert Philipson, working on a dissertation about an untranslated Swahili playwright, arrived in Zanzibar for a two-week intensive language course at the Swahili Institute, but the island had other lessons to teach. Within hours ...
"Skinny"—The Black babysitter narrates her life with the Philipsons
Meet Doris Hale, the most intimate and important African American that my famlly knew and trusted, in her own words. Dr. Philipson conducted and transcribed the interview back in the early 90s. In anticipation of releasing the manuscript of the...