STAMBALI Purchasing Options:DVD Only a nation only recently independent

a nation only recently independent from French colonial rule

the stunning LOIMATA

This short film on the legacy of culture and survival bestowed by enslaved Africans brought to the Americas features the music of John Coltrane

Director: Mika Kaurismäki

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STAMBALI Purchasing Options:DVD Only a nation only recently independentSTAMBALI DIRECTED BY NAWFEL SAHEB ETTABA TUNISIA 1999 ENGLISH AND ARABIC WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES 52 MIN SYNOPSIS In Tunisia, the history of stambali goes back to the arrival of the first Africans taken as slaves from Mali, Timbuktu specifically. Practicing their music and worship in the house of their masters, the enslaved and their musical traditions survive to this day. Stambali is a religious ritual in Tunisia, a journey with the rhythm of the