AFRICA FILM PROJECT; THE STORY OF BAMBA Reel 1 · Part 2

Description

DRAMATIZED DOCUMENTARY: About a 12-year-old African boy of the Bakongo Tribe in the Belgian Congo who is befriended by a mission doctor, becomes a Christian medical worker and returns to his village as a mission medical teacher. Reel 1: Bamba goes hunting with friends, and he snares a monkey. His uncle teaches him to be a fetish doctor. An epidemic strikes the village and Bamba becomes ill. The fetish doctor says that the village must move to a "luckier" location. Reel 2: Missionary doctors arrive, but fetish doctor tells villagers to flee because missionaries are evil spirits. The village nearly deserted, missionaries find Bamba and take him to mission where he survives, grows to be medical missionary and returns to his village. His uncle curses him and his medicine. Reel 3: Bamba gets his diploma, opens dispensary in his home village and aids the sick, including his uncle who then embraces Christianity.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups