West Africa, Ivory Coast (Dan) -- Work and Music of the Bush-Clearing Society "Gua"
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.112; E01529
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 (11 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: among the Dan people, associations are formed for economic activities such as tree-felling and bush-clearing. These societies then hire themselves out to wealthy people. The associations include groups of musicians whose playing and singing encourages the workers.
Legacy Keywords: Ivory Coast ; West Africa, Ivory Coast ; Africa; Dan