Kwaheri: Vanishing Africa
“SHOCKING! Brain Surgery Without Drugs-Fires of Puberty-Power of the Hexes!”
Overview
Early Mondo film featuring primitive rituals, animals being butchered, unusual birth defects, and a legit trepanation scene.
Top Cast

Les Tremayne
Narrator
Key Film Crew
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