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Films
2 Films
with a digital version available
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Keywords
“Everyday Life”
and
“Ritual”
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Status
“A”
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films with a digital version
2
x
short films
1
Region
Central Africa
1
West Africa
1
Country
Cameroon
1
Nigeria
1
Keywords
Animals
1
Everyday Life
2
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Herding
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
2
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Directors
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Speed, Frank
1
Wason, David
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
2
Year of production
1984
1
1988
1
Status
Film list
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
The Wodaabe
1988
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
David Wason
.
*Is the Wodaabe world disappearing? How are we to place the painted male faces? The very considerable success of this film is the ways it answers these questions.* J. Picto The Wodaabe follow
Central Africa
Herding
Animals
Everyday Life
Ritual