Griot-Musik im Weltmusik-Markt

Der malische Ngoni-Lautenspieler Bassekou Kouyate vertont die alten Legenden aus dem Königreich Segu auf neue Art und Weise. SWR2 fragt in Bamako nach: Wie vereinbar sind der europäische Weltmusikmarkt und das Patron-System der Griot-Preissänger Westafrikas? Ein Feature mit Zwischentönen aus Mali. Von Anna Trechsel und Thomas Burkhalter.

Bassekou Kouyate.
Bassekou Kouyate.

Ausgestrahlt am 15. Oktober 2007 im Dschungel, SWR2.

Biography

Dr. Thomas Burkhalter is an anthropologist/ethnomusicologist, AV-artist, and writer from Bern (Switzerland). He is the founder and director of Norient and the Norient Festival (NF), co-directed AV-performances and documentary films (e.g. «Contradict», Berner Filmpreis 2020 + Al-Jazeera Witness), and is the author and co-editor of several books (e.g., «Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut», Routledge, «The Arab Avant Garde: Musical Innovation in the Middle East», Wesleyan University Press). He teaches regularly at universities, and runs workshops for arts institutions. Since 2022 he produces the Norient Mixtape for Swiss National Radio SRF3. Currently, he is working on his new music project «Melodies In My Head», and on the podcast series «South Asian Sound Stories» with musicians from the UK, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. Follow him on Spotify, Research Gate, Academia.edu, Instagram, X, or Facebook.

Biography

Anna Trechsel is a Swiss journalist focussing on foreign policy, in particular the Middle East. She currently works as a radio producer for «Echo der Zeit», Swiss National Public Radio SRF. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Published on April 26, 2007

Last updated on October 08, 2020

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