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Feature film. The first half of the narrative is a loose-reworking of Othello. Yinka from the Yoruba tribe and Ngozi, an Ibo, meet in the National Youth Service Corps in Nigeria. The seeds of jealousy are...
Looks at issues of reproductive health and the status of women in the developing world, with stories of Nigerian women, who are honoured for producing a large number of children, and Indian women, among whom...
The little village of Soku, hidden in the heart of the Eastern Niger Delta, has a group of heroes headed by Fenibaso, and its creeks and rivers are controlled by the water-spirit Duminea. The film shows some...
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...
The rulers of Benin in Nigeria, the Oba, traditionally spend much of their time performing rituals designed to enhance their own power and the prosperity of their subjects. This film record of the rituals...
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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