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Bigger Than Africa

(Bigger Than Africa)
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Original Title : Bigger Than Africa
Time : 87 Min
Genre : Documentary, History
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2018
Director : Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye
Writer : Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye
Producer : No data available
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States, Nigeria, Cuba, Benin, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago
Original Language : English
About : When the slave boats docked in the Americas, Cuba and the Caribbean, hundreds of cultures and religions came with the Africans but only one survived the plantations. To date, the most pronounced African Culture of the Diasporas remains the...See moreWhen the slave boats docked in the Americas, Cuba and the Caribbean, hundreds of cultures and religions came with the Africans but only one survived the plantations. To date, the most pronounced African Culture of the Diasporas remains the culture of the Yoruba. From Brazil to Trinidad, the United States to Cuba, Haiti and the entire Caribbean, this West African culture dominates all other Cultures of Africa and could be said to have survived the plantations for hundreds of years. Bigger Than Africa follows the trans-Atlantic slave trade route from West Africa to six different countries-- USA, Nigeria, Brazil, Republic of Benin, Trinidad and Tobago and Cuba-- to explore and find reasons for the survival of this particular West African Culture. Written by Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye See less Read more: Plot summary

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