KALANDA Extras

KALANDA Extras

Six short documentaries and almost two hours of the music of the hunters:
- Numuya - the blacksmiths of Bobo Dioulasso
- The Taxidermist - a story of hippos and men
- Masks from the Bush - when animals and spirits roam the village
- Slaughterhouse ABF - a piece of sensory ethnography
- How to Make Things with Words - medicinal water made of words
- Making more Things with Words - amulets made of words

- Diakalia Traoré and Bakari Ouattara - 9 tracks featuring two donso harps
- Yere Majigi group - 6 tracks mixing donso harps and xylophone music

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KALANDA Extras
  • Numuya

    Numuya is a short documentary on the gunsmiths of Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Boubacar Traoré takes the viewer for a tour of his family's workshop, from black powder muskets to modern guns, showing a lively example of tradition and creativity.

  • The Taxidermist

    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.

  • Masks from the Bush

    When animals and spirits from the bush bring disorder in the village. A donso masquerade in Samogohiri, Burkina Faso.

  • Slaughterhouse ABF

    WARNING: STRONG IMAGES A piece of sensory ethnography from the Abattoir Frigorifique de Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso - 27 June 2012. With thanks to Norbert Baniné Ido and Assibidi (Sidi) Lankoande.

  • Making more Things with Words

    Adama Woni prepares amulets with Arabic scripts, Banzon, June 2012.

  • How to Make Things with Words

    Seydou Sidibe prepares Nasi water from an Arabic script, Karankasso Sambla, 20 March 2012.

  • Donso Music.zip

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