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Bigger Than Africa

Bigger Than Africa

2018•1h 26m
Documentary

When the slave ships docked in North America, Brazil, and the Caribbean, hundreds of cultures, traditions, and religions landed with the Africans on board, one transcended slavery beyond imagination and remains alive till this day in the New World: the Yoruba culture.

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Motherland Productions Inc.

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka

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