27% Handmade in Africa
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S01E03 - "Maasai Wedding Necklace"
Aired on Aug 31, 2020, 6:00 PM
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Observational documentary series that explores inherited knowledge and the meaning of tradition, master craftsmanship and artistic processes in three African cultures.
Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
Dorze House
In the remote highlands of southern Ethiopia, a village community works together to weave a traditional bamboo house.
Aug 17, 2020
30 min
E2
Kora
In his Dakar studio, craftsman Seydou Kane makes a kora from scratch. The kora is the principal instrument of the griot, a caste of west African musicians and oral historians.
Aug 24, 2020
30 min
E3
Maasai Wedding Necklace
For the Maasai people of the Great Rift Valley, beaded jewellery is of great ceremonial significance. Jane Semanto, a master beadmaker, crafts a traditional Maasai wedding necklace.
Aug 31, 2020
30 min
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