It is an ordinary afternoon for young Mabo Keïta, at home, in Burkina Faso (West Africa). While his parents are taking a nap, he reads a schoolbook on the front porch when a stranger - an elderly man carrying his own hammock - appears for an unexpected visit. It turns out that the old man is a griot, a West African musician/entertainer whose performances include tribal histories and genealogies. The position of a griot is a time-honored one and passed down from father to son for many generations.
Businessman
El rico hombre de negocios El Hadji Abdoukader Beye celebra matrimonio con la tercera de sus esposas. La noche de bodas, para su espanto, descubre que ha caído sobre él la Xala, maleficio que le provoca impotencia sexual. A partir de ahí, la vida de El Hadji es trastornada. De una parte, necesita buscar alguna cura e incluso los negocios comienzan a hundirse.
Business Man
El rico hombre de negocios El Hadji Abdoukader Beye celebra matrimonio con la tercera de sus esposas. La noche de bodas, para su espanto, descubre que ha caído sobre él la Xala, maleficio que le provoca impotencia sexual. A partir de ahí, la vida de El Hadji es trastornada. De una parte, necesita buscar alguna cura e incluso los negocios comienzan a hundirse.
This film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled an “ethnological documentary in reverse,” it shows 1950s Paris from the cinematic perspective of a group of African immigrants. (Mubi)
Writer
This film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled an “ethnological documentary in reverse,” it shows 1950s Paris from the cinematic perspective of a group of African immigrants. (Mubi)
Director
This film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled an “ethnological documentary in reverse,” it shows 1950s Paris from the cinematic perspective of a group of African immigrants. (Mubi)
