Is What They Learn Worth What They Forget (1986)

Is What They Learn Worth What They Forget

1986 | Kamerun, Norsko | 47 minut

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Originální název: Is What They Learn Worth What They Forget
Žánr: Dokumentární
Režie: Lisbet Holtedahl

Shot in 1986, the film presents scenes from the everyday life of a Mbororo pastorialist family living on the outskirts of Garoua, by then, the biggest town in Northern Cameroon. It documents the gradual sedentarisation and Islamisation of the Mbororo and presents rituals, chants, dances, healing practices as well as the transmission of traditional knowledge about medical plants and local religious beliefs.