Mali / DATE IDEA

Listen closely to the m'bolon.

Find a documented recording of the Malian m'bolon and listen to the instrument's rhythmic role.

01 / MALI

Go at your own pace.

Mali offers inspiration for a date at home with textiles, music, cooking or stories from creators, without assuming any travel plans.

02 / HOW TO DO IT

Find a documented recording of the Malian m'bolon and listen to the instrument's rhythmic role.
Use a source with cultural context.
Each write down three words for what you hear.

No recording? Read a performer's story and talk about it.

01 / Mali

Look at work by a Malian maker using bôgôlan textiles and discuss how material, colour and technique combine to form a pattern.

02 / Mali

Choose a recipe with fonio and make a small vegetable dish. Each choose one herb or spice and compare the results.

03 / Mali

Watch a profile of or interview with a Malian artist and come up with questions together about the work and the setting in which it's created.