Collection Africa
Explore a rich tapestry of music, dance, drumming, and theater performances and conversations ranging across a number of countries and regions in Africa.
Sogolon Puppet Theater
Sogolon is the puppet show and theatrical company created by Yaya Coulibaly in order to perpetrate and promote the Mali puppet tradition. The group's core mission is to contribute to develop and promote the Bamanan-Somono-Bozo puppet show.
Sogolon Puppet Theater
Sogolon Puppet Theater
(recorded in 2000 at C. D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge, VA)
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Producer
Kenny Neal
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