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Mamadou Tall Diedhiou from Senegal

Still from the Short Film, The Birdmaker by Cheikh Seck

Mamadou Tall Diedhiou is a unique artist who can transform discarded scrap objects into beautiful, lifelike birds. He believes that bird songs and cries usher inthe new day and thus separate the light from the darkness.

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