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Depicts the poetic songs, known as difela, of Sotho migrant workers, who must go from their homes in Lesotho to work in the mines in the Republic of South Africa.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Constant Spring Productions
Other Authors: Zantzinger, Alfred Gei
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: ©1987
Subjects:
Sotho poetry.
Sotho (African people) > Music.
Lesotho > Social conditions.
Documentary films.
Description
Summary:Depicts the poetic songs, known as difela, of Sotho migrant workers, who must go from their homes in Lesotho to work in the mines in the Republic of South Africa.
Item Description:Videocassette release of the 1987 motion picture.
English narration with songs in Sotho with English subtitles.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (47 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Audience:Music.
Production Credits:Camera, Thomas Ott ; editor, Ben Levin ; narrator, David Coplan.