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Becoming a woman in Okrika / by Judith Gleason, Elisa Mereghetti Tesser, and David Bellatalla ; produced by Kamel Film.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ijo (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Ijo (African people).
- Women--Nigeria--Social life and customs.
- Women.
- Genre:
- Documentary.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (27 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- Five females, fifteen to seventeen years old, undergo a traditional rite of passage that used to be a necessary prelude to marriage in Okrika. This sequence of events takes place in the village of Ogbogbo, which is part of the Okrika community of Ijo-speaking people who populate the Niger Delta in Rivers State, Nigeria.
- OCLC:
- 747796232
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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