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It is an ordinary afternoon for young Mabo Keïta, at home, in Burkina Faso (West Africa). While his parents are taking a nap, he reads a schoolbook on the front porch when a stranger - an elderly man carrying his own hammock - appears for an unexpected visit. It turns out that the old man is a griot, a West African musician/entertainer whose performances include tribal histories and genealogies. The position of a griot is a time-honored one and passed down from father to son for many generations.
general audience, movie lovers
burkina faso, griot
Burkina Faso
asSundjata Keita
asMabo Keïta
asM. Fafana l'instituteur
asDjeliba Kouyaté
asSitan
asSogolon
asSundjata Keita enfant
asBoicar
asMaghan Kon Fatta
asLe maître chasseur
asSassouma Bérété
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