Drawing on Culture: West Africa

In Drawing on Culture, artist and ethnomusicologist Dave Kobrenski takes the reader on an artistic voyage into the heart of West Africa.

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La Chanteuse

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La Chanteuse - This woman was a powerful and charismatic singer that I encountered at a festival honoring the village’s former chief 40 days after his death, as is the custom in the village. She led a group of women that came to pay homage to this chief through song and dance. Her drumming kept time as the women echoed her chorus in a lively call-and-response song.

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“La Chanteuse” - 11 x 14 in. (28 x 36 cm), graphite on bristol.

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La Chanteuse

11x14 graphite on bristol.

This woman was a powerful and charismatic singer that I encountered at a festival honoring the village’s former chief 40 days after his death, as is the custom in the village. She led a group of women that came to pay homage to this chief through song and dance. Her drumming kept time as the women echoed her chorus in a lively call-and-response song.

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