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Posted: August 21st, 2005 | Author: kamau | Filed under: photography | Comments Off

The Art of the West African Doundounba: images from Guinea by photographer christopher lamarca.

Doundounbas are African street parties involving a modernized version of traditional drumming and dancing. A microcosm of the larger changes occuring in Africa: Not only have doundounbas incorporated modern Western influences but they are one example of cultural traditions moving from the African village to the urban street.


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