Our program "Hip Deep in Mali: Growing Into Music in 21st Century Bamako" has some extensive, photo-rich features linked to it. There are two field reports from our trip to Mali in January-February 2016. And there are lengthy interviews with Hip Deep scholars Lucy Durán and Gregory Mann.
Just in case that's not enough eye candy, here are more choice shots from the fieldwork for this program. All photos by Banning Eyre, unless otherwise indicated.
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Crossing the Niger River...[/caption]
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Bamako taxi ride[/caption]
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Preparing for the session with Adama Diarra and kids[/caption]
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Waly Coulibaly, age 7[/caption]
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Daniel Dembele, age 12[/caption]
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After the session (Sean Barlow 2016)[/caption]
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Gathering at Ali Farka Toure monument in Lafiabougou. In the crowd, Tony Allen, Afel Bocoum, Toumani Diabate, Cheikh Tidiane Seck, Hama Sankare, Derek Gripper...[/caption]
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Hama Sankare, Ali Farka's longtime percussionist, and Toumani[/caption]
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Lafiabougou street[/caption]
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Derek Gripper and Afel Bocoum[/caption]
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Djelimady, Solo Tounkara and Derek Gripper[/caption]
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Wassoulou singer Sali Sidibe[/caption]
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Kasse Mady Diabate[/caption]
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Rapper Master Soumi[/caption]
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Lamine Soumano and Kokan Sata Doumbia[/caption]
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Mark LeVine, Oumar Toure (Songhai Blues), Sean Barlow, Toumani Diabate, Derek Gripper, Simon Broughton, Banning Eyre[/caption]
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Toumani and Sean[/caption]
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Symmetric Orchestra[/caption]
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Sidiki Diabate greets Amadou and Mariam[/caption]
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Khaira Arby sings a wedding[/caption]
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Hawa Kasse Mady Diabate and our invaluable field assistant Hamidou Bari[/caption]
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Blackbirds, heard in the program![/caption]
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Fruit bat at the French Center for Malian Culture[/caption]
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Sean and Banning by the Niger (Christian)[/caption]
