Rokia Traore – "Sabali" (Mali, West African Song & Slide Show)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Update December 31, 2018: The title of this post was changed from "Rokia Traore – "Sabali" (Beautiful African Song & Slide Show)" to the title given above.

This post showcases a song by Rokia Traoré and a slide show of photographs that are included in a YouTube "video" of that song. Unfortunately, the photographer's name is not given in the video summary or in the video's comment section.

A transcription of "Sabali" which was posted by a commenter to this video is included in this post. Several additional comments from that viewer comment thread are also included in this post for informational reasons.

The content of this post is presented for educational, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

WARNING: For those who might want to share this photo collage in schools, please be aware that towards the end of this video, there is a photograph of a young woman whose chest is unclothed.

INFORMATION ABOUT ROKIA TRAORE
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokia_Traor%C3%A9
"Rokia Traoré (born January 26, 1974) is a Victoires de la Musique award-winning Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist. Born in Mali as a member of the Bambara ethnic group, her father was a diplomat and she travelled widely in her youth. She visited such countries as Algeria, Saudi Arabia, France and Belgium and was exposed to a wide variety of influences. Her hometown of Kolokani is in the northwestern part of Mali's Koulikoro region.

While the Bamana have a tradition of griot performing at weddings, members of the nobility, such as Rokia, are discouraged from performing as musicians. Rokia attended lycée in Mali while her father was stationed in Brussels and started performing publicly as a university student in Bamako. Unusually for a female musician in Africa, Rokia plays acoustic guitar as well as sings, and she uses vocal harmonies in her arrangements which are rare in Malian music. In 1997, she linked with Mali musician Ali Farka Touré which raised her profile. She won an Radio France Internationale prize as "African Discovery" of 1997, an honor previously won by Mali's Habib Koité in 1993. As well as guitar she plays ngoni (lute) and balafon"...
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Here's a quote from an uploader of another Rokia Traoré video:
"Rokia Traoré is a Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Rokia sings with only simple accompaniment. And whether fast or slow, exuberant or plangent, she communicates with a profound intensity that is both admirable and astounding.
What Rokia does with her voice is often subtle — a graceful glissando, a slight vibrato here, a held note that grows in volume, or there she toughens the sound to express fierce determination. Plain beauty."
-evilupus,Rokia Traore - M'bifo ( Thank You )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ob4bUq8BOo

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NOTE ON THE PHOTOGRAPHER
One photograph in the slide presentation that accompanies this sound file is of a White male surrounded by children. The man has a professional camera around his neck. Presumably, he is responsible for these stunning photographs.

I'm sorry that I can't include his name, but I've added a comment to this video's viewer comment thread informing people about this post, and asking for the name of the photographer. If I receive a response, I will add that name to this post.

FEATURED VIDEO
Rokia Traore – Sabali



Uploaded on Dec 7, 2009

Rokia Traores song Sabali,
along with a beautiful slideshow of africa and its people.

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TRANSCRIBED LYRICS & OTHER VIEWER COMMENTS
From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ahok3oy6Q

All comments are from 2012.

"Sabali sabali sabali yonkonte" refers to "wisdom" repeated thrice [sabali means wisdom]. The phrase carries the connotation similar to "reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic" will bring wisdom to you. The imperative "yonkonte" is stated as emphasis and means something like, "do it, as I say to you". Kind of like, "Do you get it?"
Sabali sabali sabali yonkontê - patience, patience is worth everything
Sabali sabali sabali Kayi - patince, patience is good
ni kêra môgô - when you love someone."
-solulacia

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"This is such a beautiful composition and the photographs are quite stunning, too. I love Rokia's voice. Thank you so much for sharing this one."
-thedeeliciousplum

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Beautiful pictures! really beautiful!
I Just wish you could have shown more pictures of west Africa.
This music is from west Africa (Mali) but you mixed a lot of pictures from east Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya...)
-bichonn

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Reply to bichonn

"Pictures were also from southern Africa, Angola. I seen a lot of Himba in there. While a nice display of Africa, agree since Rokia is from Mali, more pics like the Djenne Mosque , fishermen on the Niger river , and some Bamako, Timboutou pics would have done better. Still great vid. West africans do have the best clothing, sells good in here in East Africa."
-chrise9172

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"So much beauty, it hurts"
- Sam Berghuis 5 months ago

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to Rokia Traoré and the uncredited photographer of these photographers for their creativity & skills. Thanks also to the commenters who are quoted in this post, including the transcriber of the song lyrics. My thanks also to the uploader of this sound file and slide show.

Thank you for visiting pancocojams.

Viewer comments are welcome.

Tiécoro Sissoko (Mali Griots' Comments & Griot Song/Spoken Word)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a video from Mali, West Africa entitled "Tiécoro Sissoko". That video features comments from a male Griot,Djeli N'goni of Adama Tounkara, and an unnamed female Griot about the legacy of Griots. That video also features a song/spoken word composition by the Griot Tiécoro Sissoko.

English subtitles for this song/spoken word composition were given in the video, and I've re-produced those sub-titles in this post.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, historical, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owner.

FEATURED VIDEO: Tiécoro Sissoko



ksksystemkrush, Published on Aug 1, 2012
Published on Aug 1, 2012

http://www.systemkrush.com
Keme Borama is an album recorded and produced by KSK Records. The 2012 release features Tiécoro Sissoko's classic Djeli singing and phenomenal solo guitar style. Tiécoro is accompanied by the skilled Djeli N'goni of Adama Tounkara musically conversing with Madouba Camara's melodic Kora. In stark comparison to "Afro Pop" this album is a testament to the raw musicality of the Djelis from the Kayes Region of Mali.

ENGLISH TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO
(This transcription is from the video's subtitles. These words are reproduced as they are written on the screen except for spacing, and a spelling correction for the word "reputation".)

COMMENTS:
Djeli N'goni of Adama Tounkara with background Kora playing by Madouba Camara:
No matter how you can be
You shouldn’t forget about your roots.
That is what is in this country.
We are the Griots.
The culture was created, put in a suitcase…
And given to us to protect.
If we weren’t here to save the past...
the lineage would be lost.
Here in Mali our kingdom will never disappear.

Female speaker seated next to Djeli N'goni of Adama Tounkara with background Kora playing by Madouba Camara:
Being a Griot belongs to us.
I have been a Griot since I was little.

Djeli N'goni of Adama Tounkara with background Kora playing by Madouba Camara:
The importances of being a Griot are endless.
Myself, I don’t what could be sweeter than being a Griot.
It doesn’t exist.

COMMENTS:
Tiécoro Sissoko:
Spoken (with Tiécoro humming and guitar playing in the background)
My name is Tiécoro
I was raised in our family and all my descendants are Griot.
I first moved here [Bamako] to learn guitar from my brother.
I came here in 1968.
That was the only reason I came here.
Three days after I arrived here, they bought me a guitar.
And I started learning on it.

SONG/SPOKEN WORD: "THE CHARMING GRIOT IS LIVING"* - Tiécoro Sissoko

[humming & guitar playing]

I’m part of it. I’m not part of it. **
I will agree to that, charming Griot.

If you miss him this year, you will not
see him until next year.

Everyone depends on their mother’s blessings.

Good afternoon, the greatest personality of the house.

Love someone who loves you.
Abandon someone who has no love for you.
Death can reach you anywhere you go.
Death can reach you anyplace you go in this world,
Allah is the highest.
Death can reach you while you are sick.

[humming & guitar playing]

You have to work for your name. You cannot force it.
Someone with a good reputation will never be equal to
someone with a bad one.
The deep darkness of Africa.

[humming & guitar playing]

Oh, that is true, life is a turn. ***
You have to enjoy life while you are living it...
because we will all die
one day like a light bulb going out.
and it doesn’t matter if you agree, it will
happen.
God forbid, God forbid, the day that He does it, who is going to ask Him why he did it?
If you are living you have to enjoy life until the end.
Before death reaches you.
If you agree or not, you cannot escape death.

[humming & guitar playing]
People who are doing good things, that’s what
will be said after you.
People who are doing bad things, that’s what
will be said after you.
People who are making the Griot happy, that’s what
will be said after you.
People who disrespect the Griot, that’s what
will be said after you.

Ignorance is darkness.
Don’t you see? Whatever you do,
after you are gone, it will be said.
Great personality of the house.
That is true. What you do, is what will be said
when you pass away.

This guy is good. This guy is bad.

Whatever you do in this life.
there is an importance to it.

If you cannot get a benefit from
anything, maybe you can get tired and quit.
Otherwise there is benefit in everything, good or bad.

[humming & guitar playing]

COMMENTS Tiécoro Sissoko [with Tiécoro humming and guitar playing in the background]
What my reflections give me is that...
the reason why music of
today’s youth is not progressing...
Is that they are not asking for guidance
from the elder musicians.

[song/spoken word continues]

I did not forget about the laughing girl.
I’ll see you in the morning and the charming Griot is living.

[End of song/spoken word]

COMMENTS - Tiécoro Sissoko
Ever since I started,
I have benefitted…
from being an artist.
Music is like any job, if you don’t learn it
you won’t do well.

end of comments
Video Producer's notes:
Tiécoro Sissoko died in May of 2012.
He was 66 years old.
For more information about Tiecoro and other KSK artists please visit http://www.systemkrush.com
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Editor's notes:
* No title was given to this song. I used the last words of this song/spoken word composition as its title. I have posted a comment on this video's viewer comment thread asking for the correct title. When I receive a response, I will change the title of this song/spoken word.

It seems to me that in the context of this song, the meaning of "charming" is probably "1. To attract or delight greatly" and not
2. To induce by using strong personal attractiveness" or
3. To cast or seem to cast a spell on; bewitch.
[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/charming]
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I think that the word "charming" as used in this song/spoken word may also mean "a person who has a way with words", a person who has a "smooth tongue". However, in the United States, a "charming" person may be viewed with suspicion. For instance, Americans may consider a man who is "turning on the charm" as doing so for some ulterior motive that benefits him and not anyone else. In the United States a smooth talker, or a charming man (or woman) might have elements of a "snake oil salesman"-"snake oil" being a general term for home made useless medicine. While Tiécoro Sissoko's use of the word "charming" probably carries the smooth talking description, it probably doesn't carry the negative "snake oil salesman" connotation.
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It seems to me that this song/spoken word is composed of reflections and/or proverbs/folk sayings such as "Love someone who loves you", conversational lines such as "Good afternoon, the greatest personality of the house" and other comments such as "I’m part of it. I’m not part of it./ I will agree to that, charming Griot."
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** My guess is that the line "I’m part of it. I’m not part of it" refers to Tiécoro Sissoko continuing the Griot traditions but accompanying himself with a guitar and not a kora.
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*** Another way to say "life is a turn" might be “life is like a wheel turning”.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to Griots featured in this video. RIP Tiécoro Sissoko.
Thanks to the uploader of this video, ksksystemkrush.

Also, thank you for visiting pancocojams.

Viewer comments are welcome.

Music In Mali, West Africa (Two Videos & Links)

Edited by Azizi Powell

[This pancocojams post was published in 2012.] 

Two times during the third United States Presidential Debate 10/22/2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney very briefly mentioned the nation of Mali, West AfricaBoth of those comments focused on the rise of terrorist groups in that nation. However, those comment prompted me to look up the post I've published on this cultural blog about Malian music.

Among those posts are:
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/05/mendiani-menjani-manjani-dance-drum.html
"Mendiani (Menjani, Manjani) Dance & Drum Rhythm"

and

http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/06/videos-of-dogon-mask-dancers-mali-west.html
"Videos Of Dogon Mask Dancers (Mali, West Africa)"

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The very brief comments about Mali in that debate also motivated me to scan YouTube for other videos about music in the West African nation of Mali. This is one of the videos that I found:

New Movie Trailer "Music in Mali: Life is Hard, Music Is Good"



Published on Sep 26, 2012

http://www.systemkrush.com

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kanaga-System-Krush/164940735147

Music In Mali: Life Is Hard, Music Is Good" is a feature-length documentary about the musicians, dancers and everyday people of Mali who are creating inspiring heartfelt music in some of the most difficult living conditions of West Africa. The crew from System Krush Productions have been going to Mali for a decade to record and document the lives of musicians such as Djelimady Tounkara, Lobi Traoré, Mangala Camara, Dejenba Seck, and Toumani Diabate, in intimate settings, performing their music and sharing their story.

From one of the world's most impoverished countries viewers will hear the music that has inspired artists all around the globe including celebrities such as Bonnie Raitt, Damon Albarn, Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder and Bannning Eyre. From the villages of Segou to the ghettos of Bamako the message is clear "Life is hard, music is good".

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I also found this video:

African Music and Dancing



Uploaded on Aug 21, 2008


Take a look at the beautiful African dancing and music from Mali, West Africa. The instruments being played are balafons, African D'Jembe drums, and talking drums. You can see more videos at http://www.africaimports.com

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RELATED LINK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali

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ACKNOWLEDGEMNT AND THANKS
Thanks to Malian musicians, vocalists, and dancers for keeping the wonderful traditions of Mali, West Africa alive inspite of the political difficulties that that nation is going through.

Thanks to the publishers of these videos.

Finally, thank you for visiting pancocojams.

Viewer comments are welcome.

Videos Of Dogon Mask Dancers (Mali, West Africa)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post provides information and videos about Dogon mask dancers from Mali, West Africa.

The content of this post is presented for historical, anthropological, folkloric, educational, and aesthetic purposes. The copyrights remain with their owners.

My thanks to the musicians and dancers shown in these videos. My thanks also to the videographers and uploaders of these featured videos.

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INFORMATION ABOUT DOGON MASK DANCERS
From http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0529_030529_dogon_2.html
Unique Dogon Culture Survives in West Africa, page 2

Dogon Mask Dance

Our expedition had also come to witness the dances of the Dogon masks, known throughout the world by anthropologists and art curators. Dogon masks rank among the most respected within the world of tribal art collections and have influenced such Western 20th-century artists as Picasso and Braque, even the Cubist movement.

As a visual story teller and photographer, I was most interested in documenting the visually powerful sirige mask .... The mask binds the Dogon people to the celestial world of heaven (where the afterworld exists) and Earth, which provides food, shelter and life. The dancers of the sirige mask are considered the most skilled. They use their teeth to balance the 20-foot (6-meter) high mask, which is carved from the limb of a single tree. Dancers swing the mask in sweeping motions to represent the arc of the sun.

The mask's design, a straight line, serves to connect the worlds of the sun and Earth through the conduit of the dancer and his body. Like all Dogon masks, the sirige belongs to the afterworld, the realm of where life and death meet.

The Dogon perform with their dancing masks to honor the passing of a respected elder. This dama dance ceremony will often last for three days and involve dozens of dancers representing figures from the animal world, male and female powers, and the afterworld. Once the dama dance has been performed, the aged bones of the elder are placed high in the windswept cliffs of the sacred caves for the dead, where the red mountains meet the sky in the little known land of the Dogon in southern Mali.

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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogon_people

Due to the expense, [The Dogon's] traditional funeral rituals or "damas" are becoming very rare. They may be performed years after the death...The traditional dama consists of a masquerade that essentially leads the souls of the departed to their final resting places through a series of ritual dances and rites. Dogon damas include the use of many masks which they wore by securing them in their teeth, and statuettes. Each Dogon village may differ in the designs of the masks used in the dama ritual. Every village may have their own way of performing the dama rituals...

According to Shawn R. Davis, this particular ritual incorporates the elements of the yingim and the danyim. During the yincomoli ceremony, a gourd is smashed over the deceased’s wooden bowl, hoe, and bundukamba, (burial blanket), which announces the entrance of the masks used in this ceremony while the deceased entrance to their home in the family compound is decorated with ritual elements (Davis, 72-73). Masks used during the yincomoli ceremony include the Yana Gulay mask, the Satimbe mask, the Sirigie mask, and the Kanaga mask. The Yana Gulay mask’s purpose is to impersonate a Fulani woman and is made from cotton cloth and cowell shells. The Satimbe mask represents the women ancestors who are said to have discovered the purpose of the masks by guiding the spirits of the deceased into the afterlife. (Davis, 74) The Sirigie mask is a tall mask that is only used in funerals for the men that were alive during the holding of the Sigui ceremony (see below) (Davis, 68). The Kanaga masqueraders, at one point, dance and sit next to the bundkamba which represents the deceased.

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FEATURED VIDEOS
(These videos are posted in no particular order.)

Video #1: The Dogon Dama - Mask Dance



Uploaded by VinaYard on May 22, 2011

"An important Dogon tradition is the Dama or masked funeral dance. By masquerading behind masks, the dancers allow the souls of the deceased to escape to their final resting place and to join the ranks of their ancestors, thereby restoring order to the universe. Participation in the Dama is a great honor as it represents the final step in the passage from boyhood to manhood. Boys eagerly watch the infrequently performed Dama, in anticipation of the day in which they may also participate in the dance. The village Elders, who are too old to endure the physical exertion of the dance, stand on the sideline, play the music, explain the meaning of the various masks, and keep the pace of the ritual going. The Dama is usually performed every five years or so."

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Video #2: African Carving: A Dogon Kanaga Mask - PREVIEW



Uploaded by docued on Sep 15, 2008

"Purchase: http://www.der.org/films/african-carving.html The Kanaga mask is used in deeply sacred rituals by the Dogon people of Mali. Carving this mask is as important a ritual as the ceremonies in which the mask is used. The carver, a blacksmith, finds the proper tree and, in a secret cave outside the village, he shapes the mask with gestures which repeat the movement of the dancers who will wear it. When a dancer wears the Kanaga mask he becomes the Creator symbolically. He touches the ground with his mask and directs a soul to Heaven. Although these dances are now frequently performed for the public, the meaning of Kanaga is retained by the Dogon who fear, respect and depend on the power of the mask.

a film by Thomas Blakely and Eliot Elisofon
in collaboration with Robert Gardner for The Film Study Center at Harvard University distributed by Documentary Educational Resources"

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Video #3: Mali Tribe in Dogon Valley with traditional masks.



Uploaded by ageposthumus on Jan 22, 2009

"Hiking through the Dogen valley, this tribe performed their dance with their sacret masks."

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Video #4: SIT Mali: Dogon Mask Dance



Uploaded by lauracanski on Nov 4, 2009

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Video #5: The Dogon Dance of the Mask



Uploaded by pyramidwarrior on Feb 11, 2008

The World Famous Dogon people of Mali West Africa.doing a ceremonial Dance.

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Video #6: Mali 2009 - Dogon mask dance



Uploaded by AbiBlyth on Jan 26, 2009

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Video #7: Dogon Sigi Ritual Dances



Uploaded by imgjp on Feb 18, 2007

"A video of Dogon masked dancers. Made in Mali January 2007."

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Information & Videos About West African Mud Cloth (Bololanfini)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba at the Jools Holland 2007



reebeeking | March 10, 2008
live Mali Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba Africa

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This post provides information & videos of bògòlanfini ("mud cloth") and is provided for historical, educational, and aesthetic reasons.

My thanks to the video uploaders, producers, and all the artists associated with this post.

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INFORMATION ON MUD CLOTH

From http://www.ibike.org/africaguide/textile/textile1.htm

There are several mud cloth in West Africa. The most prominent is said to have originated with the women of Mali where it is called Bogolan cloth or Bogolanfini (a composite of bogo, meaning "earth" or "mud"; lan, meaning "with" or "by means of"; and fini, meaning "cloth".) One center of high quality Bogolanfini production is the town of San, so it is sometimes referred to as San Cloth.

Traditionally, Bambara (Bamanan) women, as well as those of the Minianka, Senufo, Dogon, and other ethnic groups, produced the cloth for important life events and taught the process to their daughters. Men, especially hunters, wore it for hunts and celebrations. Today, both women and men make mud cloth for sale in markets, and Malian students study it at the arts academy.

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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B2g%C3%B2lanfini

Bògòlanfini or bogolan ("mud cloth") ... has an important place in traditional Malian culture and has, more recently, become a symbol of Malian cultural identity. The cloth is being exported worldwide for use in fashion, fine art and decoration.

The technique is associated with several Malian ethnic groups, but the Bambaran version has become best known outside Mali...

In traditional Malian culture, bògòlanfini is worn by hunters, serving as camouflage, as ritual protection and as a badge of status. Women are wrapped in bògòlanfini after their initiation into adulthood (which includes genital cutting) and immediately after childbirth, as the cloth is believed to have the power to absorb the dangerous forces released under such circumstances...

Bògòlanfini patterns are rich in cultural significance, referring to historical events (such as a famous battle between a Malian warrior and the French), crocodiles (significant in Bambara mythology) or other objects, mythological concepts or proverbs. Since about 1980, Bògòlanfini has become a symbol of Malian cultural identity and is being promoted as such by the Malian government.

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Editorial statement: For the record, I am very opposed to female circumcision. However, my admiration for mud cloth is separate from that particular use for that cloth.

Also note that mud cloth is also traditionally made in Burkina Faso, West Africa (see video #2 and read the uploader's comments).

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FEATURED VIDEOS
Video #1:
This video is placed at the top of this post.
Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngoni_(instrument) for information on the ngoni musical instrument.

Also, click http://www.jambalayah.com/node/1148 for Part 2 of my series on "Traditional Musical Instruments Worldwide" which includes information on Ngoni Ba, as well as more information about the ngoni.

Video #3 below showcases annother type of ngoni (donso ngoni).

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Video #2: More than Mud - Coulibaly & Brothers, Burkina Faso



Ten Thousand Villages, Uploaded on Jun 17, 2010

From http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/catalog/product.list.php?cart_artisan_id=6
"Habibou Coulibaly named his workshop Coulibaly and Brothers because he considers everyone who works there his brother.

Coulibaly and Brothers is one of 20 ...workshops that Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Burkina Faso represents. Habibou Coulibaly and his 'brothers' have been making bogolan (mud cloth or 'batik') in the same way hunters in Burkina Faso have for centuries. Hunters used the mud cloth as a way to disguise themselves by changing their sent and among these hunters there were some who added designs. Habibou learned how to do the mud cloth dying process with his grandmother.

Mud cloth is created using natural dies including one produced from the leaves of the sycamore tree. The artisans use brushes and stencils to apply the design to the mud cloth. Women, who traditionally weave the cloth, are now beginning to learn how to do the bogolan or mud 'batik' work as well.

Today Coulibaly's workshop includes 8 artisans and 25 to 30 more people when they are busy with orders. Habibou states that fair trade provides just pay and is helping to change lives in their community. Their work and income helps to unite them and provides them with a decent living.

Because of the work provided by the workshop people now have a mode of transportation where they were before walking by foot. Habibou wants customers to understand that they are not only buying a product but they are also assisting in development. The sales of products provide employment, which eliminates poverty. Habibou wants customers to see the energy and the life of the artisan in their bogolan works of art.

"Don't just look at the price of the product but most of all see the image of the artisan." -- Habibou When you purchase a product at Ten Thousand Villages like this mud cloth, you are purchasing more than a beautiful product. Your purchase assists in development, reduces poverty and takes the image of the artisan into your home."

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Video #3: Mud Cloth | African Print Diaries | LAJA



Ashan-wa Aliogo, Published on Sep 10, 2017

Halla halla, I discuss Malian mud cloth today and share a couple tips on how to authenticate, it's presentation in fashion and more :)
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This video replaces one that is no longer available.

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RELATED VIDEO:
Cloth Dyers of Mali: Self-Empowered Women



Maureen Gosling, Uploaded on Aug 15, 2008

This is a sample for a one-hour film BAMAKO CHIC, which celebrates the legacy of a small group of dyers whose creativity fueled cloth dyeing into a national commodity in Mali, one of the poorest countries in the world. Stay tuned for the completed film!


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