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Jan Blake

The Son of the Buffalo Woman

Aarhus 2017, 

Hunters, kings and women of power become entangled in prophecy, mythology, shame, pride and insult in one of the most exciting birth-of-a-hero tales in the world – The Birth of Sundiata Keita, legendary founder of the great Malian Empire of West Africa. Internationally acclaimed storyteller Jan Blake and long-term collaborator, drummer John Predare, bring an epic performance to Aarhus. This inspiring tale reaches across the centuries, from its origins in medieval Africa to the conflicts in our own time when its telling is forbidden. Expect an exhilarating collision of wild song and heroic story...

In English

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