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Art as a Verb in Africa: The Masks of the Bwa Village of Boni (DVD : 90 min. ) [2005]
DVD 8536
Abstract: The spectacular mask performances of the Bwa people in the village of Boni, in central Burkina Faso, include plank masks, hawks, lepers, dwarfs, serpents, and other spiritual beings. The masks' performances recreate the characters of the spiritual beings they represent. Filmed at the annual mask festival in 2005. Edited and produced by Christopher D. Roy.
Director: Yacouba Bonde Distributor:CustomFlix
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Bwa people, masquerade, art, performance
Beauty and the Beast: Two Igbo Masquerades (Videocassette : 31 min. ) [1985]
V. CASS. VHS 808
Abstract: Two masquerades, an Ekeleke and an Okoroshi festival, videotaped in the Ibgo village-group of Agwa, Nigeria.
Director: By Herbert M. Cole Distributor:Henry M Jackson School of International Studies, African Studies Program
Keywords: Nigeria, Igbo, masking, performance, art
Kwagh-Hir, Traditional Theatre of the Tiv People of Nigeria (Motion Picture : 32 min. ) [1976]
MP-16MM 41
Abstract: The puppets of the Kwagh-Hir storytelling masquerade remind the Tiv people of their dependence on the world of the spirits. In the past, the Kwagh-Hir was used by the elders to express the power of the spirits at secret night meetings. Ten years ago the masks and puppets were brought out into village squares and built up into a spectacular storytelling entertainment. Made by Francis Speed and Peggy Harper.
Director: NA Distributor:University of Ife
Keywords: Nigeria, Tiv, theater, folklore, masking
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Art as a Verb in Africa: The Masks of the Bwa Village of Boni (DVD : 90 min. ) [2005]
DVD 8536
Abstract: The spectacular mask performances of the Bwa people in the village of Boni, in central Burkina Faso, include plank masks, hawks, lepers, dwarfs, serpents, and other spiritual beings. The masks' performances recreate the characters of the spiritual beings they represent. Filmed at the annual mask festival in 2005. Edited and produced by Christopher D. Roy.
Director: Yacouba Bonde Distributor:CustomFlix
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Bwa people, masquerade, art, performance
Beauty and the Beast: Two Igbo Masquerades (Videocassette : 31 min. ) [1985]
V. CASS. VHS 808
Abstract: Two masquerades, an Ekeleke and an Okoroshi festival, videotaped in the Ibgo village-group of Agwa, Nigeria.
Director: By Herbert M. Cole Distributor:Henry M Jackson School of International Studies, African Studies Program
Keywords: Nigeria, Igbo, masking, performance, art
Kwagh-Hir, Traditional Theatre of the Tiv People of Nigeria (Motion Picture : 32 min. ) [1976]
MP-16MM 41
Abstract: The puppets of the Kwagh-Hir storytelling masquerade remind the Tiv people of their dependence on the world of the spirits. In the past, the Kwagh-Hir was used by the elders to express the power of the spirits at secret night meetings. Ten years ago the masks and puppets were brought out into village squares and built up into a spectacular storytelling entertainment. Made by Francis Speed and Peggy Harper.
Director: NA Distributor:University of Ife
Keywords: Nigeria, Tiv, theater, folklore, masking
September 16, 2008: Geoffrey Nyarota
