Adama, the Fulani magician.

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1980

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Draws an intimate portrait of Adam Hamidou, an African deaf healer.

Complete Record: A portrait of a renowned deaf African street performer and practitioner of the ancient Yan-taori magic tradition. Performance sequences which are explicit and often hair-raising are intercut with Adama Hamidou telling his own story in West African sign Language . (English voiceover and subtitles). Previewing suggested.

3 users have this film:
AV Geeks Archive, Library of Congress, New York Public Library

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