Smelting Iron in Africa (A DEMONSTRATION)
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via HackerTube (Karpathy's dataset of videos Hacker News recommends · 86% confidenceA primary documentary record by a University of Iowa art historian of a disappearing technology.
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Christopher Roy's ethnographic film of smiths in Burkina Faso smelting iron in a traditional furnace.
Video by Christopher Roy, played through YouTube's embedded player.
Part of Art and Life in Africa
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