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Mali : the music of life

Title
Mali : the music of life / BBC Videos for Education & Training.
Publication
New Jersey : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Marks, Dennis.
  • Kamara, Mamadi.
  • McCormick, David.
  • Garrard, Helen.
  • Kidel, Mark.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC Videos for education and training.
  • Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
Features the music of Mali, where every musician is a poet who uses a fusion of traditional Mandinka style and modern rhythm and blues to tell a story. From rural villages to modern night clubs, from folk songs to sophisticated African jazz, all of the music is discusses as an extension of traditional Mali rhythms, melodies, and themes. Two prominent women singers discuss their careers.
Uniform Title
Under African skies (Television program)
Alternative Title
Music of life
Subjects
Note
  • Previously distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
Credits (note)
  • Music, Mamadi Kamara; editors, David McCormick and Helen Garrard; executive producer, Dennis Marks; producer, Mark Kidel.
Event (note)
  • Recorded live on location for the BBC "Under African skies" TV series.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
OCLC
  • ocm40325645
  • SCSB-3884858
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries