Mali - Peul villages and Djenné

Starting with a busy Peul (Fulani) village, then crossing the Niger to visit Djenné and its mud mosque, the largest in the world, and finally walking around the San Market, miles of colours and ethnic diversity

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• Mali
• Peul
• Fulani
• tribe
• tribù
• Djenné
• mosque
• adventure

[bakster75013]

@renata florio what is the name of the second song please from france

[renataflorio]

@bakster75013

I don't remember the exact title of that song, but it is certainly from one of the 3 CD's I bought in Mali:

Habib Koité : Baro

Habib Koité : Maya Samaraya

Salif : Mama

Sorry I couldn't be more precise: I hope you will find it

[renataflorio]

My local guide (who is from Mopti) helped me in choosing some very good Malian records, that I still enjoy a lot listening

[jaaxa]

I hope you got their permission before filming them and publishing the video.

[renataflorio]

Of course I had their filming permission: a videocamera is quite obvious and they even played a little with it,

As for publishing, no, I didn't explain them about YouTubes: maybe I will do it as soon as they get electrical power

[Saheli9]

@VraiDiouf

Soninke are the first Muslims in West-Africa !!!!

[Saheli9]

@rabiatou22

they are very much peul

[VraiDiouf]

@24Cenac Well the West has given Islam a bad name because a select few fake Muslims have given the religion a bad name. I think it is unfair because, there are bad people in every religion. What about those priests that do bad things to young kids? Should someone judge Christianity on that? That was the point I was trying to make to those Ghanaians and Nigerians.

[24Cenac]

@VraiDiouf Mi Salamini Ma akhi! Clearly, the Fulani are trying to build institutions to preserve a rather 'scattered' heritage. The songs, in Sokoto, celebrate Dan Fodios Jihads. This Mujahid was, if I recall, a Fulani within a Hausa environment. I noticed the vid of Fulani Massacres in Jos (u commented) & some of the comments by Ghanians & Nigerians indicate the setteler/nomad divide. Add to that, the recent global anti-Muslim polemic.

[VraiDiouf]

@24Cenac There are even conferences that are held each year called KJPF for all Fulani worldwide (Kawtal Jangoobe Pular Fulfulde) it's like a network of Fulani from Senegal to Cameroon/Nigeria. Sometimes the dialect differences are noticeable though, but you have to listen very carefully to understand.

[VraiDiouf]

@24Cenac What I'm trying to say is that Fulani from Senegal to Sudan consider themselves brother and sisters no matter the distance, there are many songs that explain the close-knitness of all Fulani.