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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Tall as the Baobab Tree

    Because we cannot look behind the camera, this seems like a very African film. A realistic story about marrying off, acted by the inhabitants of…
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  • L’autre femme

    Unexpected twist in daring love story about polygamy in colourful, musical Senegal, as the ageing Madeleine meets her husband’s second wife.
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  • On a le temps pour nous

    Smockey’s raps, poetry and performances honour the political legacy of Burkina Faso’s first democratically elected and then assassinated president.
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  • Nafi’s Father

    Tokara wants to marry the beautiful Nafi, his cousin, bringing their fathers into a bitter conflict.
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  • Atlantique

    In Dakar, two young lovers have a star-crossed relationship. Fate may bring them together in this beautiful, darkly romantic tale.
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  • Tabaski

    Energetic, joyous and cinematically free ode to the work of Senegalese painter Iba Ndiaye, with music that will be stuck in your head for ages.
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  • Wùlu

    Overwhelming crime film from Mali, in which unassuming bus driver Ladji works his way up to become the uncrowned king of drug smuggling – a
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  • Lambaya

    Social satire about Senegal after independence. The corrupt leaders of a provincial city panic when they think they have sighted an inspector travelli
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  • Làk-kat

    Two Senegalese boys get a lesson in diction. A subtle intonation turns out to be very significant in Wolof.
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  • Moolaadé

    Powerful statement by Ousmane Sembene (81) against the controversial practice of female circumcision, that is still common in thirty-eight African cou
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