Sakhe : Music and wedding in Mauritania

In Mauritania, in the far west of the african desert lives the ”population of million poets”. The Griots, musicians, poets lived with shepherds and warriors between a peaceful life and tribal wars. They drown in this existence their inspiration. Nowadays, they live to the capital Nouakchott and become service providers for several events (weddings, politic campaigns) Between modernity and archaism, the evocation of bright music neither arabian nor african recognized like particular and the one in its sort. Travel townsmen in the time and the space.
Africa – Ethnology – Music – Culture