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    Contemporary West African Masquerade Comes To New Orleans

    A pair of ‘Kimi’ masks (headpiece carved by David Sanou in the studio of André Sanou) performing greetings with the lead griot Tchiedo playing his drum behind them, Bindougosso district, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, May 3, 2022. Photo by Lisa Homann. It’s fitting an American-based exhibition of contemporary West African masquerade would open in New Orleans….

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