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Voices of the Gods / producer/director, Alfred Santana.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Individual and Groups Rights.
- Cultural anthropology.
- Traditional history.
- Religious practices.
- Communities.
- Religious beliefs.
- Beaufort County, SC.
- Local Subjects:
- Individual and Groups Rights.
- Cultural anthropology.
- Traditional history.
- Religious practices.
- Communities.
- Religious beliefs.
- Beaufort County, SC.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (60 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Third World Newsreel, 1985.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- This documentary captures the rich legacy of ancient African religions practiced in the United States. It provides viewers with rare insight into the practices and beliefs of the Akan and Yoruba religions and illustrates how mass media has been used to ridicule and denigrate these belief systems. The director provides intimate and respectful studies 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.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Angela Fontanez.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 30, 2026).
- OCLC:
- 1579215705
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