Is What They Learn Worth What They Forget

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.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
47 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
47 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 1986
Season
1986
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0
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Genres
Documentary
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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.

Immersion

Japanese

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