Tapi!
Tapi!is a short documentary that explores a formative moment in the life of Kenyan ritual healer Jackson, one of the last practitioners of the ritual healing practice called utapishi ('tapi').The leaders of the local Christian church are not happy with the influence of the ritual and decide to go to court.
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Tapi! is a short documentary that explores a formative moment in the life of Kenyan ritual healer Jackson, one of the last practitioners of the ritual healing practice called utapishi ('tapi'). The leaders of the local Christian church are not happy with the influence of the ritual and decide to go to court. Jackson pushes back against the threat of tapi's prohibition by local Christian church movements who seem to be determined to erase the complex history of a people.
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- Release date
- Jan 25, 2020
- Runtime
- 0h 20m
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- Country
- Kenya
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