Mahama Konaté, grand musicien burkinabé, initie son fils Fako à la culture traditionnelle à travers un instrument de musique, le balafon, qu’il lui apprend à fabriquer, tout en l’entraînant à la découverte de ses origines mythiques.
Un film sur la transmission des savoirs et la magie d’un instrument de musique.

Mahama Konaté, a great musician from Burkina Faso, initiates his son Foko into traditional culture with a musical instrument, the African xylophone. He shows him how to make one, and recounts its mythical origins; he desribes the sacred and profane role this instrument plays in society. « A village chief without a xylophone player is like a king without a crown », he tells Foko.


Burkina Faso, 1989, Documentary

Running Time: 26′
Original Version: moré
Produced by: Arcadia Films