Hip Deep January 11, 2018
Hip Deep in Mali: Growing Into Music in 21st Century Bamako
Growing Into Music In 21St Century Bamako
This program presents a musical portrait of Bamako in the wake of crisis. We explore the precarious lives of griots in today’s Bamako, focusing on the upbringing and education of children in these hereditary families of historian-entertainers.

This program presents a musical portrait of Bamako in the wake of crisis. We explore the precarious lives of griots in today’s Bamako, focusing on the upbringing and education of children in these hereditary families of historian-entertainers.

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