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A year in the life of an African family / produced and edited by Christopher D. Roy.
LIBRA DVD 001 845
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Mooré
- Subjects (All):
- Brewing.
- Pottery.
- Women.
- Economic conditions.
- Burkina Faso--Social life and customs.
- Burkina Faso.
- Manners and customs.
- Women--Burkina Faso--Economic conditions.
- Pottery--Burkina Faso.
- Brewing--Burkina Faso.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Cruz, CA] : CustomFlix, 2005.
- Language Note:
- In Moore with English subtitle.
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- The Bamogo family of northern Burkina Faso raise millet, sorghum and corn on a large farm. This video follows the family as they harvest their crops, thresh grain, cook a full meal, brew millet beer, attend a ceremony of the local chief, grind millet on a stone grindstone, watch a diviner perform wearing a mask, attend a large public festival, and plant the new crop in the spring.
- Participant:
- The Bamogo family.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Jacob Bamogo.
- OCLC:
- 187773787
- Publisher Number:
- 206928 CustomFlix
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