Bruno Maïga

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  Music of Mali: the messengers ep.2/2

  A documentary directed by Bruno Maïga, Djingarey Maiga, Jean-François Schiano.

  The gri­ots are not the only cus­to­di­ans of musi­cal tra­di­tion. In cer­tain eth­nies, the griot hold a less impor­tant place and any­body, even Noble, can sing and play an instru­ment he has the least taste and is gifted . This music designed for enter­tain­ment , serves as a dis­trac­tion for […]

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  Music of Mali: people of speech ep.1/2

  A documentary directed by Bruno Maïga, Djingarey Maiga, Jean-François Schiano.

  In a very graded tra­di­tional soci­ety, the griot belongs to seper­ate caste, the Nya­makalas, sit­u­ated between the Nobles and Cap­tives. He was attached to a noble­man and his fam­ily and he was the one who could express what the Noble­man could not: the griot sung his praises and inter­vened in […]

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