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The Taxidermist

KALANDA Deluxe Edition • 5m 32s

Boubacar Traoré speaks of his work as a taxidermist in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, and of the rituals and beliefs connected to hunting hippos, that he knows from a very personal experience.

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