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Yiri Kan/The voice of wood

  • Yiri Kan (La Voix du bois)
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title : Yiri Kan/La Voix du bois
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1989
Format : Short
Running time : 26 (in minutes)

Mahama Konaté, a great musician from Burkina Faso, initiates his son Foko into traditional culture with a musical instrument, the African xylophone. He shows him how to make one, and recounts its mythical origins; he desribes the sacred and profane role this instrument plays in society. "A village chief without a xylophone player is like a king without a crown", he tells Foko. Burkina Faso, 1989, Documentary Running Time: 26' Original Version: moré Produced by: Arcadia Films

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  • Ghana : Media Line

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