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Zomo et ses frères
FRANCE · 1975

Zomo et ses frères

Jean Rouch
family life music and performance daily work Niger culture zoo and animals
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Synopsis

A portrait of Zomo, the second of Damouré Zika’s many children. Employed at the zoo of the National Museum of Niger in Niamey, he offers us a tour, showing us the animals he takes care of. Then, when the work is finished, he invites us to an impromptu concert by “Jeunesse Gawey,” the “popular music” orchestra he forms with his brothers and sisters, who sing and dance for us pretty songs about thei

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