Yoruba Potters: Mothers & Daughters - Ogbena Compound
- 2001
- 38m
Documentary of the Yoruba women potters in the Dada Compound in Ilorin, Nigeria. The video shows the entire process from working the clay to the dramatic "open field" firing of more than 1,0... Read allDocumentary of the Yoruba women potters in the Dada Compound in Ilorin, Nigeria. The video shows the entire process from working the clay to the dramatic "open field" firing of more than 1,000 pots, including koko amu huge, perfectly symmetrical water vessels made without a potte... Read allDocumentary of the Yoruba women potters in the Dada Compound in Ilorin, Nigeria. The video shows the entire process from working the clay to the dramatic "open field" firing of more than 1,000 pots, including koko amu huge, perfectly symmetrical water vessels made without a potter's wheel. The women and girls, ages 5 to 65, work at their profession from dawn to dusk, ... Read all