Herskovits' Film Study of West Africa
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- Dates:
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1931
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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Film reels (71 minutes, black-and-white silent; 1900 feet)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1977.01
- Repository:
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Human Studies Film Archives
Footage shot during fieldwork in Dahomey (Benin), Nigeria, and the Gold Coast (Ghana). Documentation of Yoruba, Hausa, Ashanti, and Dahomean culture includes: elegbara dancers and an Igun (Egungun) ceremony in Abeokuta, Nigeria; Hausa drummers and praise singers of the Emir of Kano, Nigeria; court scenes and Kwasidei ceremony in Asokore (Gold Coast...
