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Travellers' Tales: Chopi Music and Zulu Dancing

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Introduced by David Attenborough.

Hugh Tracey shows the making and playing of the African xylophone by the Chopi people of the lower Zambezi; and the spectacular dances performed by Africans belonging to the strange Christian sect of Shembe during their annual festival in the hills of Zululand.
Last shown in August 1960

Contributors

Presenter/the series edited by:
David Attenborough
Filmmaker:
Hugh Tracey
Film editor:
Robert Walter
Presented by:
Brian Branston
Source: Radio Times

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