ANDREW ESIEBO (NIGERIA)
Andrew Esiebo (b. 1978, Lagos, Nigeria) started out in photography by chronicling the rapid development of urban Nigeria as well as the country’s rich culture and heritage. Soon, he began integrating multimedia practice to pursue the investigation of sexuality, gender politics, football, popular culture, migration, religion, and spirituality. Recently, his work has evolved beyond freelance photography and begun exploring video and multimedia work Esiebo earned his Diploma in Journalism at the International Institute of Journalism, Ibadan, Nigeria in 2005. He is currently based in Lagos, Nigeria from where he works around the world. --- www.andrewesiebo.comANNALISA BUTTICCI (THE NETHERLANDS)
Annalisa Butticci is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. She received her MA from the University of Padua, and her PhD from the Catholic University of Milan, Italy. Her areas of research include visual and material culture of religions, religious aesthetics and politics, religions and societies of West Africa and African diasporas (with a special focus on Ghana and Nigeria), and methodology for social science research especially qualitative methods.CRAZY WORLD, CRAZY FAITH
Theme: Mythology |
Year: 2013 |
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Thursday, 3 November 2016 |
Duration (mins): 2:38 |
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An evangelical church in Lagos, Nigeria is the set where many interconnected narratives unfold, as the believers take part in a gigantic collective ritual. Once a month, at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Prayer City, the special service ‘Power Must Change Hands’ – popularly known to Lagosians as PMCH – promises salvation, cleansing, and above all, material prosperity. Such deliverance appears to be intrinsically linked to a monetary exchange performed by the priests, who orchestrate the exchange of spiritual salvation for money with the support of the alimony collectors.
The short film is structured as sequences that show a number of tran
