The Cows of Dolo Ken Paye: Resolving Conflict Among the Kpelle (1970)

Synopsis

Documents the coexistence of traditional life patterns and Western adaptations in the Liberian village of Fokwele by following the hot-knife trial by ordeal of a Kpelle farmer who wounded a cow. Includes actual Kpelle speech and music

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29 minutes

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