Jean Rouch's Les Maîtres fous ("The Mad Masters"), a documentary record of the ceremonies of possession performed by Ghana's Hauka cult, caused a scandal in both Europe and Africa because:
A. the film draws parallels between the cult's rituals and the employment of African domestics in French colonies.
B. the ceremonies, long abandoned by the Hauka cultists, were meticulously scripted and staged for Rouch's camera.
C. of the frequent onscreen nudity of the Hauka priests.
D. the ceremonies' participants adopted the identities of the colonialists who rule them.
Answer: D
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