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Adama : The Fulani Magician
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1980Item number (ISN):334698Link to related resource:Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:AFRICAN FAMILY FILMSAccession:1983-0184Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1980Production credit:producer/editing, Jim Rosellini; sound, Kathleen Johnson; Boyo Roger Siene; editing, Linda MossDescription:This documentary film presents an anthropological study and a character portrait of a renowned deaf African man, Adama Hamidou - dancer, comedian, street performer and practitioner of the ancient Yan-Taori magic tradition in the Ouagadougou region of Upper Volta. The film, highlighted by the African song "Ouagadougou", draws an intimate portrait of the man and his culture through both sequences of exuberant magic performances and interviews in which Adama tells his own story in West African sign language. <22mn>Notes: -
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