ML148466
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Subject 1: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Market ambi. Timecode In: 00:15:08. Timecode out: 00:28:16. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Godfried Peter Agbezudor. Timecode In: 00:29:07. Timecode out: 00:56:38. Notes: Mopti market description and explanation. Subject 3: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Salt trader's market ambi. Timecode In: 01:25:44. Timecode out: 01:31:12. Subject 4: (Interview). Subtitle: Chris Rainier. Timecode In: 01:32:21. Timecode out: 02:01:41. Notes: Photography; Djenne Mosque. Habitat: ; ; Equipment Notes: Decoded MS Stereo. Show: Mali Log of DAT #:12a Engineer: Leo Date: January 22-23, 2003 G = Godfried Peter Agbezudor IM = Issa Mohammed R = Roberto Cerea WD = Wade Davis CR = Chris Rainier AC = Alex Chadwick CJ = Carolyn Jensen Leo = Leo del Aguila 0:01 Leo begins recording, same setup, MS, MKH 50, Sonosax. 1:31 AC-It's 6 o'clock in the morning, we're just leaving Timbuktu. We're going to run down a little bit of plain to take a ferry across the Niger River to get to the other side and continue our journey through Mali. 1:44-2:08 -Ambi. Driving to the ferry. 2:17-arrival at the ferry, ambi of truck motor. 2:30 -FX. Door slams 3:02 -African boy saying "cava"and other French-very cute. 4:33 CR-Well we're right out side of Timbuktu about 12 kilometers and we're down on the banks of the Niger River and there's a little ferry and we have to cross the Niger River, go to the southern side. And that sort of separates the desert from the savannah and the lower parts of Mali. And we're going to make a mad dash to make it to Mopti. And Mopti is this wonderful port where boats come from all over the Niger. And we're going to make sunset. AC-How far is it to Mopti? 5:10 CR-Oh, in kilometers I think it's about 300 kilometers so I think it's going to be an 8 hour drive. AC-Okay CR-And we have to, you know Timbuktu is still very much in the desert and we have to drive about a couple hours overland and then we pick up the main road that goes down into the lower part of Mali and then it will be a quicker drive then. AC-Okay 5:43-Ambi. Getting ready to go. 6:22-motor pulling the boat 6:52-8:33-still Ambi, but you can hear the water, getting ready to go gets better sounding with water, people talking, and some music in background. 8:34-FX. Cranking and boat motor. 8:52-14:12-Ambi. Hum of boat motor, water, people in background. 14:22 AC-Today's the 23rd of January. It's not quite 9 o'clock in the morning and this is our first roll of the day. This is a Radio Expeditions field recording of the market in Mopti, Mali, on the 23rd of January, 2003. 14:39-FX. Motor cycle. 14:47 AC-Three days down river from Timbuktu you get here, Mopti. It's a huge market town. Well, huge, it's 70,000 people or so, but that's big over here. It's on the Niger River. This is where the salt winds up, goes to market and then gets sold to people who will take it throughout West Africa. 15:08-15:43-Ambi. Sounds of the market. 15:44-Leo is having trouble with the left channel. 16:25-21:17-Ambi. Sounds of the market. 21:18-Leo having more audio problems. 21:35-23:21-Ambi. Sounds of market. (missing left channel) 23:22-Leo still having audio difficulties 24:02-28:16-Ambi. Market 28:17 AC-Godfried can you tell me where we are? 28:19 G-We are in the fish market of Mopti where fish is brought in by the Bozos, who are said to be the greatest fishermen along the Niger River. More audio difficulties, audio cutting out on left channel 29:07 AC-Godfried can you tell me where we are? G-We are in Mopti, in the fish market of Mopti, where fish is sold. Fish brought in by the Bozos, a population in Mali said to be one of the greatest fishermen along the Niger River. 29:25 AC-All these different stalls we see along her... (Notes truncated)
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- Recorder
- SONY TCD-D7
- Microphone
- Sennheiser MKH 30; Sennheiser MKH 50
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- Cataloged
- 2 Mar 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 2 Mar 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 2 Mar 2010 - Ben Brotman