2 mins., b&w, silent, 2 mins
Production : Pathé- Baby
Source : Stephendelroser Baby-Pathé playlist on YouTube
A reportage film made by the enigmatic figure of J. Lejards, a Pathé cameraman who was active both in West Africa and Southeast Asia in the 1920s. This film is dated on the playlist to 1921, and is one of several films that are attributed to Lejards around this time.
It shows some brief glimpses of the celebrated adobe architecture of Djenné and makes the claim that the grand mosque (the largest adobe building in the world) was designed by a French colonial officer, a M. Bleu. There are also some intimate shots of Songhai and Bambara women dancing to drum music.