Griot Basimana, Mali
odd: label: General
content: Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Griot Basimana, he was born blind with guitare from calabash (famous griot (= balade singer) for his rebellish songs before independance. But he remained a rebell and continued to sing accordingly after indenpendance. Therefore the first President of Mali, Bodibokeita  forbade his songs to be heard in the radio.  1969, after the coup d'Etat. Modibokeita was arrested and Radio-Mali gave nothing else for the first day then the songs of Basima. So in the whole of Mali without a word, everybody knew that governement has changed. ; 742-2
name: label: Photographer
content: Shamir, Marli
label: Collection Photographer
content: Shamir, Marli
place: label: Place
content: Mali
creator: label: Photographer
content: Shamir, Marli
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content: Marli Shamir collection
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content: Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Unspecified / People, Mali
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1338
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)