Volta Photo / starring Sanlé Sory and the people of Bobo-Dioulasso in the small but musically mighty country of Burkina Faso.

The studio photographs of Sory Sanlé and his participation in the vibrant music scene in Bobo-Dioulasso give us a picture of a cosmopolitan city shaping its independent identity in the 1960s through to the 80s, the heyday of West African independence movements. Vintage photographs, seven-inch record...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Art Institute of Chicago (Host institution)
Other Authors: Sanlé, Sory, 1943-
Witkovsky, Matthew S., 1967- (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Byrd, Antawan I. (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Mazzoleni, Florent (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:English
Published: Göttingen : [Chicago, Illinois] : Steidl ; The Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sanlé, Sory, > 1943- > Exhibitions.
Sanlé, Sory, > 1943- > Interviews.
Portrait photography > Burkina Faso > Exhibitions.
Africans > Pictorial works > Exhibitions.
Popular music > Burkina Faso > Exhibitions.
PHOTOGRAPHY / Photoessays & Documentaries.
Africans.
Popular music.
Portrait photography.
Burkina Faso.
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
Interviews.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Interviews.
Pictorial works
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
Physical Description:181 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
Sanlé Sory : Volta Photo [Cover title]
Format: Book

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