Building a House on the Niger

Duration: 7

Year Published: 1967

Creator: International Film Foundation | Julien Bryan

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Depicts the construction of a grass house from the cutting, transporting, and preparing of grass through the preparation of the wood frame and the binding of the grass to the frame. Shows Bozo men braiding wetted grass to form twine lacings, while other men prepare bundles of grass to form the wall and roof of the hut. Concludes with a doorway being cut out of a wall and a crude ladder being formed from tree branches tied together.

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