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Taafe Fanga (Skirt Power).

A gender-bending farce set among the cliff-dwelling 18th century Dogon people, makes serious points about the status of women in Africa. It shows how ancient mythology can still shed light on modern issues. Director Adama Drabo has devised a gender-bending farce set among the 18th Century Dogon to...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Kanopy (Firm)
Format:	Video
Language:	Bambara
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015.
Subjects:	Dogon (African people) > Social conditions > Rites and ceremonies > Africa > Mali. Women > Social conditions > Women's Rights > Gender Roles > Sex discrimination > Africa. Mythology > Africa. Internet videos. Nonfiction films. Feature films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video

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