AFRICA IS A COUNTRY

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Classic African Films N°2: ‘Touki Bouki’ by Djibril Diop Mambéty

This is, perhaps, one of my favorite films of all time. A shifting and fragmentary tale of two young lovers — Mory and Anta — and their attempts to flee Senegal for Paris, ‘Touki Bouki’ is Djibril Diop Mambéty’s masterpiece. It fizzles with wit and acuity, it diagnoses the ambivalence toward the colonial master and

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