Witchcraft Among the Azande (Disappearing World episode 24) (1981)
Title
Witchcraft Among the Azande (Disappearing World episode 24) (1981)
Subject
Witchcraft--Africa
Ethnographic television programs
URL
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Description
Episode of Granada Television's "Disappearing World" series exploring the use of witchcraft by the African Azande tribe.
Content description from WorldCat.org
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/witchcraft-among-the-azande/oclc/13151742):
Focuses on the human side of the Azande tribe of the African Sudan, and the deep conviction that all misfortunes result from witchcraft. Follows a farmer as he seeks magical relief for an ill wife by consulting oracles and by the ritual poisoning of a chicken.
Ephemera: none available
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Content description from WorldCat.org
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/witchcraft-among-the-azande/oclc/13151742):
Focuses on the human side of the Azande tribe of the African Sudan, and the deep conviction that all misfortunes result from witchcraft. Follows a farmer as he seeks magical relief for an ill wife by consulting oracles and by the ritual poisoning of a chicken.
Ephemera: none available
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Andre Singer (director and film-maker)
John Ryle (anthropologist)
P. Leis Evans-Pritchard (author of "Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande")
Publisher
Granada Television
Date
1981
Citation
“Witchcraft Among the Azande (Disappearing World episode 24) (1981),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed September 16, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/28.