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Smelting Iron in Africa (A DEMONSTRATION)
Christopher Roy
A 105-minute film of a West African smith family in Burkina Faso smelting iron from ore, from making charcoal and building the kiln to forging tools. It is a cultural recreation filmed for the camera, not current practice.
Recommended as an amazing documentary of traditional ironmaking, often used as a baseline for the labor required.
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