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Musician-singer Momo Wandel, born in 1926, lived through the contemporary history of Black Africa. From the colonial days, with its orchestras for white balls, until independence in 1958 when he was “dragooned” into the national orchestra of Guinea for 26 years. So Momo waited for a long time before being able to make his own music, a music that called blues and jazz back to their African origins. To do so, Momo had first insisted on replacing jazz instruments by traditional African instruments: kora, balafon, pastoral flute, m’bôlon, djembe, and to have them played by their great Guinea-based masters. Working with themes from traditional songs that everyone knows with their eyes shut, Momo and his musicians could freely launch into their improvisations.

France - 2006 - 1 h 22 mn - DV Cam - Colour

Director Laurent Chevallier Writer Laurent Chevallier Camera Laurent Chevallier Editing Matthieu Augustin

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