West Africa, Ivory Coast (Dan) -- Recreational Song of the Sanza Player Gba Gegba
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.111; E01525
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (6 minutes, black-and-white sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: this musician plays his sanza and sings for entertainment, dancing, to be rewarded with gifts, but mostly to make the men strong for battle. His lyrics consist of proverbs, allusions to the village girls, appeals to his forefathers, or praises to the sacred river of the village.
Legacy Keywords: Ivory Coast ; West Africa, Ivory Coast ; Africa; Dan