Diro and his talking musical bow

Duration: 13

Year Published: 1979

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A portrait of Diro Dah, a Lobi musician of the musical bow, filmed in his West African village. Diro constructs, tunes and plays a new kankarama (musical bow). Using music to imitate the rising and falling tones of the Lobi Language in a hide-and-seek game, Diro delights village children as he directs them to a hidden object with his talking musical bow.

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