Kabri i manz salad / ScapegoatNicolas Séry, La Réunion, 2023 SYNOPSISIn a public housing project in La Réunion, as the Eid al-Adha festival approaches, Ibrahim, a 12-year-old boy of Comorian descent, is stigmatized by Evan, a neighbor his age, who accuses him of being...
Armel POUYA, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSISSamba, a young boy, dreams of escaping the hunting life imposed by his older brother and becoming a bird, free to fly wherever he wishes. When his wish is granted by a mysterious goddess, his tragic flight takes an unexpected...
Meena Nanji, Zippy Kimundu, Kenya, Portugal, Allemagne, 2023 SYNOPSIS Our Land, Our Freedom tells the story of two extraordinary Kenyan women – a mother and daughter, Mukami and Wanjugu Kimathi. Mukami was a freedom fighter in Kenya’s 1950s independence...
Kalidou Sy, Sénégal, 2024 SYNOPSISIn 1968, when Le Devoir de Violence was published, Yambo Ouologuem was still an unknown young Malian writer. Addressing themes of slavery and crimes between Africans before French colonization, his book quickly brought him out of...
Ousmane William Mbaye, Senegal, 2024 SYNOPSISNdar, the original name of Saint Louis, a small island on the Senegal River, was the stronghold of colonial penetration in West Africa four centuries ago. An economic, cultural, and political crossroads, it served as a...
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