The Voice Of Wood
MovieTitle | Yiri Kan |
User score | 6 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Issiaka Konate |
Production country | US |
Run time | 26 min. |
Mahama Konaté, a great musician from Burkina Faso, initiates his son Foko into traditional culture with a musical instrument, the African xylophone. He shows him how to make one, and recounts its mythical origins; he desribes the sacred and profane role this instrument plays in society.