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The art and lives of Dogon people in Mali, West Africa, including farming, markets, cooking, school, funeral, mask performances, offerings and prayers at altars, the sigui ceremony, boys circumcision. With detailed narration about the history and culture of the Dogon. Discussion of the research of Marcel Griaule in the 1930s-1950s. Extensive films by Jean Rouch.

Brass casting, making pottery and firing it, wood carving, spinning, weaving, stamping adinkra cloth, dyeing with indigo, smelting and forging iron, and more. From Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ghana, Nigeria.

The village of Dablo is quite typical of the lively, busy, creative rural farming village of much of West Africa. People spin and weave cotton, brew millet beer, form and fire pottery, smelt and forge iron, dance and sing, and enjoy life.

THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION. THIS IS HOW THEY DID IT TWO CENTURIES AGO. NOW THEY BUY THEIR IRON IMPORTED FROM CHINA, JUST AS WE DO. Smelting iron from ore by a smith family in West Africa. The only complete, high quality video of iron smelting in Africa. Making charcoal, digging ore and flux, building the kiln, firing the kiln, sacrifices, smelting the iron, forging the iron into tools. With Chinese subtitles. A CULTURAL RECREATION !! THIS WAS DONE FOR ME TO FILM. THEY DO NOT SMELT IRON LIKE THIS ANYMORE.

This video is about African pottery forming and firing.

Videos and photos of pottery techniques in several communities in southwest Nigeria.

This video demonstrates the five major techniques used by potters in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Nigeria. The techniques include concave mold, convex mold, coiling, direct pull, and hammer and anvil. You can see Bwa, Jelly, and Mossi potters in Burkina Faso, the Ashanti potters in Kumasi Ghana, and Igbo and Yoruba potters in Nigeria. In addition there are two detailed videos of pottery firing.

How to build a traditional filter to purify water out of natural materials. Nzema East District, Western Region of Ghana

Access to clean water may be a right, but it's often hard to come by. Contaminated water kills. Henry Othieno and Saudah Birungi have developed eco-friendly filters for use in schools and homes. They turn dirty lake water into drinking water.

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