Bajourou: Music of Mali

Synopsis: Looks at ‘bajourou’, a musical style unique to Mali, which has the richest and most sophisticated musical heritage in all Africa. It developed out of the musical traditions of the Jalis, the hereditary musicians of the Manding people, but it is modern in spirit and has become the pervasive music of the country. By exmining some of the music and the ways in which the different musics draw on and feed into other cultures, the programme explores the relation between place and culture, and leads to an understanding of tradition in terms of ‘routes’, rather than ‘roots’.
Series: Shape of the World, The: Explorations in Human Geography, Course D215
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Sale; 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Geography; Music
Keywords: bajourou; folk music; human geography; Mali

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