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Bigger Than Africa

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This documentary follows the trans-Atlantic slave trade route from West Africa to the United States, Brazil and the Caribbean in an exploration of the Yoruba culture.

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Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader 03/13/2020
A documentary of near-epic scale. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/11/2022 This documentary is an account of a people's zeal, resistance, resilience and ingenuous creativity, despite being in bondage, they astutely incorporated their world view: culture, religion, music and festivals into Christianity and created syncretic religions like Candomblé in Brazil and Santería in Cuba, to which they can they can identify themeselves as a people away from the prying eyes of the colonial masters who prohibited them from practicing the religion of their choice. https://kongireviews.wordpress.com/2022/06/11/bigger-than-africa-review-an-awe-inspiring-historical-documentary/ See more Read all reviews
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Ibrahim Adekeye

Director

Sunday Ogunyemi

Cinematographer

Ibrahim Adekeye

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Synopsis This documentary follows the trans-Atlantic slave trade route from West Africa to the United States, Brazil and the Caribbean in an exploration of the Yoruba culture.
Director
Ibrahim Adekeye
Production Co
Motherland Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m