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Voices of the gods /

This documentary captures the rich legacy of ancient African religions practiced today in the United States. It provides rare insights into the practices and beliefs of the Akan and Yoruba religions and illustrates how mass media has been used to denigrate these belief systems. Includes an intimate...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Akuaba Productions, Third World Newsreel Production Workshop
Other Authors: Santana, Alfred J., Fontanez, Angela, Moss, Howard
Format: Conference Proceeding Video DVD
Language:English
Published: New York : Third World Newsreel, [2007?]
Edition:Full screen.
Subjects:
Yoruba (African people) > Religion > Influence.
Akan (African people) > Religion > Influence.
African Americans > Religion.
Egúngún (Cult) > United States.
Oyotunji African Village (S.C.)
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Description
Summary:This documentary captures the rich legacy of ancient African religions practiced today in the United States. It provides rare insights into the practices and beliefs of the Akan and Yoruba religions and illustrates how mass media has been used to denigrate these belief systems. Includes an intimate and respectful study of an Egungun ancestral communion ceremony and daily life in the Yoruba village of Oyotunji in Sheldon, South Carolina, the only traditional African village of its kind in the U.S. today.
Item Description:Videodisc release of a 1985 production.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Narrator, Angela Fontanez ; cinematography, Alfred J. Santana, Howard Moss ; editor, Alfred J. Santana.