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A sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the different parties, the sorcerer promises love, good health and riches in exchange for the most extravagant rewards. One day someone exposes him, and the sorcerer becomes the laughing stock of the whole village. Desperate, he throws himself off a cliff.Read More »
Oumarou Ganda
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Oumarou Ganda – Saitane AKA Satan (1973)
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Jean Rouch – Babatou, les trois conseils (1976)
1971-1980DocumentaryEpicFranceJean RouchOnce upon a time, in the middle of the last century, a great warrior named Babatou. Nigerian jumper from the region Dounga Gurunsi invaded the country and settled there. The brave prisoners were integrated into the army, women espoused. For fifty years, the adventurous young people from Niger Babatou went to live in the epic.Read More »
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Jean Rouch – Moi, un noir AKA I, a Negro (1958)
Drama1951-1960DocumentaryFranceJean RouchA group of young Nigerians leave the savannah to work in the Ivory Coast. They end up in Treichville, a poor quarter of Abidjan, lost and rootless in modern civilisation. The hero, who narrates his own story, calls himself Edward J. Robinson in homage to the American actor. Like him, his friends have adopted pseudonyms intended to create, symbolically, an ideal personality.Read More »
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Oumarou Ganda – Le wazzou polygame AKA The Polygamous Wazzou (1971)
Drama1971-1980African CinemaArthouseNigerOumarou GandaA practicing Muslim takes title of al-Hajj on his return from Mecca. However, this doesn’t stop him from lusting after the young Satou, promised to Garba. Furious, Garba feels he has no choice but to leave the village for the town. Yet a more serious tragedy is afoot.Read More »