Witchcraft Among the Azande
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Singer, Andre, director.
- Language
- English.
- Published
- United Kingdom : Granada Color Production, 1982.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (54 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00005627
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- This documentary analyzes the role of witchcraft among the Azande people of central Africa, who considered it to be a major danger. They believe that witchcraft can be inherited and that a person can be a witch without realizing her or his bad influence. The film shows that, because of this danger, effective means of diagnosing witchcraft are vital. Several methods of diagnosis are explored in the film, the most important being benge, a poison which is fed to baby chickens. The chick's death or survival provides a judgment of the person in question. Anthropologists have long argued about the nature and significance of belief in witchcraft and sorcery and, more generally, about the similarities and differences between such thought and Western science. This film treads this path delicately, exploring an explanation of reality incomprehensible to a majority of Westerners and, at the same time, portraying the Azande as a clear-thinking and familiar group of people.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Note
- Duration: 00:54:00
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 3872 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 3872 (HU_OSA_00005627.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |