EPISODE · Mar 19, 2026 · 59 MIN
Women's History Month: Hip Deep in Mali - Growing Into Music in 21st Century Bamako
from Afropop Worldwide · host Afropop Worldwide
This program presents a musical portrait of Bamako in the wake of crisis. We explore the precarious lives of griots in Bamako in the early 21st Century. The program draws on the groundbreaking documentary work of Lucy Duran, exploring how hereditary musicians apprentice and grow in various cultural contexts. In this case, we focus on the upbringing and education of children in these hereditary griot (djeli) families of historian-entertainers. Produced by Banning Eyre in 2016 APWW #731
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Women's History Month: Hip Deep in Mali - Growing Into Music in 21st Century Bamako
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