Sur les traces de Bamba Mos Xam : l’invention du théâtre mouride
This article retraces the history of a religiously inspired traveling theatrical performance that began in the late 1960s and, through the course of a continuous tour of over 15 years, left a profound mark on the national and religious cultural heritage of Senegal. The Wolof-language performance, en...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut des textes & manuscrits modernes (ITEM)
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Continents manuscrits |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/coma/4233 |
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| Summary: | This article retraces the history of a religiously inspired traveling theatrical performance that began in the late 1960s and, through the course of a continuous tour of over 15 years, left a profound mark on the national and religious cultural heritage of Senegal. The Wolof-language performance, entitled Bamba Mos Xam, retold the life and work of Shaykh Amadu Bamba, founding Sufi saint of the Senegalese brotherhood of the Murids. In its choice of subject material, it also radically innovated the nature and possible uses of the theatrical stage space in this country. Through a reconstitution of the play, this project reflects on the theatrical approach of Bamba Mos Xam as well as the reasons for its near omission from cultural, religious and academic forms of institutional memory. |
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| ISSN: | 2275-1742 |