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This film is a lyrical yet hard-edged look at the lives and spirit of migrant mine workers from Lesotho, as expressed through difela, their eloquent, autobiographical oral poetry. This is not easy listening, and the poetic aura that surrounds the Sothos is extraordinary. The film looks at the countr...

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Other Authors: Zantzinger, Alfred Gei (Director, Producer), Bailey, Michael (Producer), Coplan, David B. (David Bellin) (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Pennsylvania : Constant Spring Productions, 2021.
Subjects:
Folk songs > Lesotho.
Folk poetry.
Lesotho > Social life and customs.
Chansons folkloriques > Lesotho.
Poésie populaire.
Folk songs.
Manners and customs.
Lesotho.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Published 1987
Video VHS
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