Ancestral Voices
Esoteric African Knowledge
Genres
Overview
An educational documentary spanning two continents, opening up a much-needed debate about traditional African spiritual systems; their cosmologies, ideologies and underlying ethical principles. Modern science no longer refutes the origins of mankind being in Africa and similarities in the cosmological ideologies of African esoteric systems with those found many established world religions today, suggest that it was not only people that migrated, but also concepts and themes that then provided bedrock for the formation of other systems of belief.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
73 min
Release Date
2011-06-30
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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5.0
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