In Akungu, a Pygmy camp in the Central African Republic, a baby has an attack of hyperthermia convulsions and is treated by the healer, Yakpata.

Collection title : Pygmy Chronicle

Directors:
EPELBOIN Alain (LACITO, UPR CNRS, Paris); GAULIER François

Authors:
EPELBOIN Alain (LACITO, UPR CNRS, Paris); GAULIER François

Scientific advisers:
AROM Simha (LACITO, UPR CNRS, Paris); BAHUCHET Serge (LACITO, UPR CNRS, Paris); THOMAS Jacqueline M.C. (LACITO, UPR CNRS, Paris)

Production: CNRS-LACITO ; CNRS AV ; La Cathode Vidéo

Date of production : 1988
Duration : 00:08:00
Sound : Sonore
Public : Specialised audience
Original Support : 8 Video
Delivery support : VHS, Beta SP
Version : French
Discipline: Ethnology Africa
Keywords: Healer ; Fumigation ; Infancy ; Pygmy
Places: Central African Republic

Distribution: CNRS Images
Lending, Sale (private use), Sale (institutions use)

Awards:
Festival de films ethnographiques de Grenade : 1er prix.