Pitiless Africa
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1998.18.11
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Brom, John L.
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content: John L. Brom films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Film reels (color silent; 3,231 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage appears to be travel through central Africa and captures the  many encounters with different tribal peoples. Shown are Wagenia wrestlers and fishermen; urban scenes; wildlife; Mangbetu; safari; villages (women making clay pots); Pygmies; landscapes; Mwami Rudhawiga; ceremony for the departure of the Belgians from the Congo including dances of the  Bahutu and Watusi; Lahou dancers dancing with hoes; cattle; Masai greeting Brom; Masai "blood feast"; harbor scenes; living on a large boat; Bakuba ceremonial funeral dance and Kikuj celebration of the birth of twins. Much of this footage is related to "On the Footsteps of Slave Traders" and "Africa Sings and Dances." 

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Animals Africa ; Rivers Africa ; Landscapes ; Villages Africa ; Dance