![]() The film was selected for the 2019 ESRC Social Sciences Festival. It also explores the relations between Kyangyang and Balanta cosmology and between the prophetic movement and the two main "world religions" in the country: Islam and Christianity, in its Catholic and Evangelical modes. This film delves into the creative and poetic world of Kyangyang by giving voice to its members, young and adults, men and women. Guided by the ancestors, they heal, guide and give advice in collective ceremonies. The members of the movement communicate with their ancestors and with God through prophetic writing, glossolalia, divination rituals, and spirit possession. Kyangyang means “the shadows”, but its followers also call themselves “Children of God”. ![]() ![]() Chasing Shadows (2019) – A film by Roger Canals, based on research by Ramon Sarró and Marina TemudoĬhasing Shadows (2019) offers an intimate portrait of the current practice of the prophetic movement called Kyangyang in Guinea-Bissau. ![]()
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