Speaking with God : a Mossi Baga diviner in Burkina Faso /

Speaking with God : a Mossi Baga diviner in Burkina Faso /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	[Iowa?] : Christopher D. Roy, c2006.
Description:	1 videodisc (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English Mossi
Subject:	Tinguyamba, Swadogo. Tinguyamba, Swadogo. Divination -- Burkina Faso -- Dablo. Mossi (African people) -- Burkina Faso -- Dablo -- Religion. Divination. Mossi (African people) -- Religion. Dablo (Burkina Faso) -- Religious life and customs. Burkina Faso -- Dablo. Documentary films.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6611820

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Varying Form of Title:	Title on container spine: Speaking with God : Mossi divination
Other authors / contributors:	Roy, Christopher D. Bamogo, Jacob. Bamogo, Abdoulaye.
Notes:	Documentary. Container has length as 40 min. but the film is only 25 min. Video by Jacob Bamogo and Abdoulaye Bamogo; produced, edited, and narrated by Christopher D. Roy. DVD. Narration in English; dialogue and ceremonies in Mooré with some English subtitles.
Summary:	"African divination is used to communicate with the spirit world and to discover the sources of disaster, failure, death and disease. Diviners use a variety of techniques to communicate with the spirit world. This spectacular video, filmed in Burkina Faso in 2005 and 2006, shows an elderly diviner called a Baga, who wears a complex costume as he speaks with God"--Container.
Target Audience:	"Suitable for all viewers"--Container.

Regenstein, 2nd and 3rd Floor Video/DVD Collection

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Call Number:	DVD BL613.S64 2006
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