NTEREGU

Nteregu is a visual and sound poem that tells and sings the story of Guinea-Bissau's music. From Tina to the culture of the mandjuandadi, from the tabancas of the “griots” to the dance floors of Europe, this is a centuries-long journey that reveals where modern Guinean music comes from and where it is going. Ancestral musical instruments and unpublished testimonies reveal the power of music in Guinea-Bissau as a means of transmitting (Nteregu) values and knowledge between generations. A film that also reveals how women, thanks to the Tina, the traditional Guinean instrument, sowed the cultural foundations of a nation and managed to abolish cultural differences and unify many ethnic groups around music.