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EAP078/1/1
- Record Id:
- 036-000007548
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000007547
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x0000cc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP078/1/1
- Title:
- Black Bagr Narration
- Scope & Content:
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This series contains audio recordings, audio visual recordings and digital images of material dating from Nov 1994 relating to the narration and practice of the black bagr.
The black bagr for each house or kin group is always one long narrative audition to be spoken continuously by one voice except when a serious error is committed. This is the longest oral narrative composition by a single voice to be identified in Africa. The myth of bagr is the most secretive rite of bagr rituals. It is performed late at night or in a secluded domain. Only bagr members are allowed to participate in this ceremony.
All the files within this series capture the actual narration of the myth of the bagr. The original material is a combination of audio cassettes, VHS audio-video mini tapes and photographs.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Ritual Narratives of Bagr Secret Society
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000007547
036-000007548 - Is part of:
- EAP078/1 : Alexis Bekyane Tengan's Collection of Ritual Narration Material of the Dagara Bagr Secret Society
EAP078/1/1 : Black Bagr Narration - Contains:
- EAP078/1/1/1 : Black Bagr Narration (audio)
EAP078/1/1/2 : Black Bagr Narration in Seclusion (audio visual)
EAP078/1/1/3 : Bagr Rites Images: Narration in Seclusion
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP078/1/1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000007547[0001]/036-000007548
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP078/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 3 files comprising approximately 2:52:35 hours of audio recordings in wav, mp3, wma and cda formats; 12:41 minutes of audio visual material in Quicktime Movie and DVD-Video formats; and 4 Tiff images.
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP078-1-1 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Dagara, Northern
Dagara, Northern" - Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1994
- End Date:
- 1994
- Date Range:
- 1994
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- Access for research purposes only. Not to be reproduced without written permission from Dr Alexis Tengan.
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
These collections are not available to request in British Library Reading Rooms.
Digital copies can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
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- Arrangement:
- The material in this Series has been arranged by subject by the Project.
- Information About Originals:
- Originals held by Dr Alexis Tengan.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)