LIFE STORY OF AN AFRICAN INYANGA

LIFE STORY OF AN AFRICAN INYANGA

    Price: $210.00

    Code: 1679

    A docu-drama portraying the selection and lifelong education of an Inyanga, an African healer who dispenses traditional herbal remedies. The film examines the preparation and use of traditional medicines, the diagnosis and treatment of patients, and the metaphysics and cosmology of African beliefs regarding the powers of the Inyanga.

    Directed by Sith Yela
    1991, 27 minutes
    Purchase: $210 Classroom Rental: $50

    *** Good "...will be of interest to instructors of social studies, African studies, and sociology, and should be strongly considered for inclusion in academic and high school library collections."--Video Rating Guide for Libraries



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