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Bamako Sigi-kan
Manthia Diawara
2002
Color
76 minutes
US
English
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Bamako Sigi-kan

This original documentary shot by Arthur Jafa brings a new look to the modern African city and enables a better understanding from the inside of how democracy takes root in Mali. Discover how politics in the city and in everyday life is lived in a changing society still inscribed within tradition as the men and women of Bamako tell their own stories.
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