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IlÉ AiyÉ (The House of Life) (2004)

aka: House of Life, The

Director

David Byrne

Subject

Anthropology; Media studies; Music; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (50 minutes), £17.99

An impressionistic documentary by David Byrne (of Talking Heads) on Candomblé, the Brazilian spirit cult of the Bahia region. This "docu-poem" eschews all traditional documentary techniques and evokes the...

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Drum is Made, A: A Study of Yoruba Drum Carving (1979 Video)

Producer

Darius L Thieme; Mary S Thieme

Subject

Anthropology; Music

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

Shows the construction of an iyá‡lu dundun by a Nigerian craftsman from selection of a tree, carving and hollowing of the log to the preparation of goat skins for the drum head. The finished drum is then...

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Oba Kaso (1975 Video)

Subject

Dance; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 28 min., 2000 sale: US$189.00 (+p&p)

Excerpts from the National Theatre of Nigeria’s production of ‘Oba Koso’ a Yoruba folklore drama about a wicked man who tries to overthrow the king. Features intricate dance steps, brilliantly coloured...

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Gelede: A Yoruba Masquerade (1969 Film)

Director

Francis Speed

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A study of the Gelede ritual which is found in Western Nigeria and amongst the Yoruba in Dahomey. The purpose of this ceremony is to propitiate the great mother and assure the placation of women with...

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Were Ni!: He is a Madman (1963 Film)

Director

Raymond Prince; Francis Speed

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

An ethnopsychiatric film of the management of psychiatric disorders by the Yoruba of Western Nigeria. Among the Yoruba, psychiatric disorder is widespread and a set of institutions has been developed to deal...

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