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Films
5 Films
with a digital version available
x
Region
“West Africa”
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Keywords
“Religion Belief Faith”
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Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
5
x
short films
2
films available on demand
2
Region
West Africa
5
x
Country
Cameroon
1
Ghana
1
Nigeria
3
Keywords
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Death
1
Everyday Life
2
Family / Kinship
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Marriage
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Personal Narrative
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
5
x
Ritual
2
Social Norms
1
Directors
Beier, Ulli
1
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Colucci, Erminia
1
Holtedahl, Lisbet
1
Johnson, Dul
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Speed, Frank
2
Series
not set
5
x
Country of production
Nigeria
2
Norway
1
United Kingdom
4
Year of production
1964
1
1984
1
2012
1
2017
1
2021
1
Film list
New Images
1964
27
‘
Directed by
Ulli Beier
Frank Speed
.
The film is a brief description of life in a busy commercial centre that still depends upon and retains its ancient traditions. These are based on the history of the town which was founded on the
West Africa
Art / Artists / Artisans
Religion / Belief / Faith
Archival material / Museum displays
Nkabom: A little medicine A little prayer
2021
79
‘
Werbner Award
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
A mother is caring for her son at a healing shrine on the edge of a village in the central belt of Ghana. In another village, a father has taken his son to several Christian and traditional healers
West Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Sons of the Moon
1984
25
‘
Directed by
Frank Speed
Deirdre LaPin
.
In isolated mountain hamlets in Nigeria’s Jos Plateau the Ngas have traditionally observed the movements of the moon in the night sky. The moon is a key symbol in Ngas cosmology, believed to
West Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Music / Ethnomusicology
Everyday Life
Ritual
There is Nothing Wrong with my Uncle
2012
78
‘
Directed by
Sylvie Bringas
Dul Johnson
.
Nigerian writer Dul Johnson returns to Tarok land to observe the local death rituals and the record of the Tarok ways of dealing with grief and honoring departed. This film provides a rare and
West Africa
Death
Religion / Belief / Faith
Ritual
Wives
2017
85
‘
RAI Basil Wright
Directed by
Lisbet Holtedahl
.
Alhajji Ibrahim is an Islamic scholar who has served as judge at the Sultanate of Ngaoundéré in Northern Cameroon for 46 years. The film follows Alhajji during the last years of his life, focusing
West Africa
Family / Kinship
Everyday Life
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Personal Narrative
Religion / Belief / Faith
Social Norms