The Blooms Of Banjeli: Technology and Gender in African Ironmaking /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Saltman, Carlyn (Author), Gaucher, Candice (Author), Herbert, Eugenia (Author)
Corporate Author:	Kanopy (Firm)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Series:	Ethnographic Video Online, Volume 1
Subjects:	Bassari. Metal-working. Iron and steel industry. Tribal and national groups. Cultural identity. Gender. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video

Description
Abstract:	The Blooms of Banjeli documents research in Banjeli, Togo on iron-smelting technology, its rituals, and the sexual prohibitions surrounding it. Including rare historical footage from the same village in 1914, it provides a unique technological record of the traditional method of preparing a furnace to smelt iron.
Item Description:	Title from title frames.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 29 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.