Founded by a Nigerian man in the early 20th century, the Cherubim and Seraphim Mount Zion church in Finima is an African- Christian church that has branches throughout the Delta; A woman is overcome by evil spirits and flails to the ground.
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Founded by a Nigerian man in the early 20th century, the Cherubim and Seraphim Mount Zion church in Finima is an African- Christian church that has branches throughout the Delta; A woman is overcome by evil spirits and flails to the ground.

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Ed Kashi

Maker
American, b. 1957

Founded by a Nigerian man in the early 20th century, the Cherubim and Seraphim Mount Zion church in Finima is an African- Christian church that has branches throughout the Delta; A woman is overcome by evil spirits and flails to the ground.

From Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta


2006
Inkjet print, printed 2009
Image: 30.3 x 45.6 cm
Overall: 40.6 x 50.8 cm
Gift of Ed Kashi, 2009
2009.0205.0007
Inscriptions verso (grease pencil): Ed Kashi [signed] 3/16/09
TextFounded by a Nigerian man in the early 20th century, the Cherubim and Seraphim Mount Zion church in Finima is an African- Christian church that has branches throughout the Delta; A woman is overcome by evil spirits and flails to the ground.
The priest and nuns attempt to calm her.

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