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Handmade in Africa

Series 1

Kora

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

In his Dakar studio, craftsman Seydou Kane makes a kora from scratch. The kora is the principal instrument of the griot, a caste of west African musicians and oral historians. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Tom Harrad
Production Manager:
Clare Burns
Executive Producer:
Russell Barnes
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Production Company:
ClearStory Ltd

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