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Tokoloshe
First aired on Nov 11, 2010
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Genres: Documentary

Back in June, we invited South African rave-rap crew Die Antwoord to play their first show in New York City. They are one of our favorite bands and their performance that day was one of the most hectic, intense and amazing shows we had seen in a long time. While we were hanging out with them here, Ninja and Yo-Landi kept talking about a little monster called Tokoloshe, the most feared of all African demons. Ninja told us about how when he was growing up, his nanny would use a stack of bricks to raise her bed up, just to keep the Tokoloshe away at night. It turns out this is a fairly common practice among women in South Africa since this hairy, pot-bellied dwarf, unlike your typical Western boogiemonsters, is believed to have a penis the size of a horse’s and a penchant for sneaking into people’s bedrooms and raping them.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Ninja | Himself
Yo-Landi Visser | Herself
Featured Crew
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Claire MacDonald | Executive Producer
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Brendan Fitzgerald | Camera Operator
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DJ Hi-Tek | Music
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Bernardo Loyola | Camera Operator
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Suroosh Alvi | Executive Producer
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Bernardo Loyola | Editor