Current research/activities (in Mali):

-the masquerades of the Bamanan and the Bozo

(see under 'Publications' and 'CDs/DVDs')

-anthropological research of the Bozo/Somono fishermen
living in Kirango (fishing, boat making, daily life, etc.)

-cultural politics, on local/regional/national and

international levels (festivals, cultural tourism, etc.)

--article: "Héritage (im)matériel: les fêtes des masques bamanan et bozo (Mali).

                   Du contexte local au contexte international"

       (Contribution au forum 'Héritage culturel et son management dans le monde Mande'

       de la 6ème Conférence Internationale sur les Etudes Mande, organisée par MANSA

       (Association d'Etudes Mande), Guinée, Juin 2005.)

-In 2010, I have recorded and filmed lullabies and children's songs of the Bozo and Bamana of Kirango (Mali), for the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, in cooperation with the Maison des Cultures du Monde in Paris. The ADACH has created the Al-Ain Centre for Music in the World of Islam, in order to safeguard, record and publish music in the world of Islam.
This resulted in a publication: Lullabies in the World of Islam, accompanied by a CD and a DVD.
See my article: "Lullabies and children's songs of the Bozo and Bamana, Mali" on this website.

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