Masons of Djenné - City of Mud

Part one of a four part film series created for the exhibition, Mud Masons of Mali. Djenné masons speak of the history of city, its founding myth, its architecture and the role of the masons in maintaining this architectural legacy. The masons also speak about the importance for the community of the annual ceremony of re-plastering the Great Mosque.
Djenné Masons
Konbaba Tennepo
Boubacar (Bayeré) Kouroumansé
Lassina (Al-Haji) Kouroumansé
Salif Droufo
Almamy (Fa) Kouroumansé
Executive Producer
Mary Jo Arnoldi
Producer/Director
Trevor Marchand
Videographer
Pete Durgerian
Production Assistant
John Heywood
Interviewer
Bilagalama Sissoko
Additional Camerawork
Salahina (Mody) Sounfountera (Djenné)
Trevor Marchand (Leiden)
Translation
Wilfred Willey
Photography
Tevor Marchand
Additional Photography
Barbara Frank
Joseph Brunet-Jailly
Bilagalama Sissoko
Donald Hurlbert, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
Dan Cole, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
Narrator
Rae Durgerian
Music
Lassana Diabaté
Toumani Kouyaté
Music Production, Bamako
Paul Chandler
Audio Post-Production
Al Green
Special Thanks to
Annette Schmidt, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden
Michael Spierenburg
Samuel Sidibé, Musée National du Mali
British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
The Netherlands Embassy in Bamako, Mali
Salahina Sounfountera, Mali Tours, Bamako
Indiana University Press
Lucy Durán, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Violet Diallo
Geert Mommersteeg
Pierre Maas
Charlotte Joy
The Atlantic Fish Shop, Leiden
Al-Hijrah Mosque in Leiden
The Dutch masons of Koninklijke Woudenberg B.V.
Anna Portisch