SHOUT OUT THE SHOUTERS: Shouter Baptist documentary
- Resource Type
- Video
- Authors
- Source
- Subject
- Trinidad and Tobago -- Religious life and customs.
Trinidad and Tobago -- Religion -- African influences.
Trinidad and Tobago -- Church history.
- Language
- English
From 1917 to 1951 the Spiritual and Shouter Baptist faith was banned in Trinidad by the colonial government of that day. The legislation to enact this ban was called the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance and it was passed on November 16, 1917. This video takes a look into this cross-cultural Afro-American religion that mixes Christianity with African rituals.