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Denise Rousseau's avatar

Ten years ago, I worked as Assistant Editor and Associate Producer on the documentary Sembene! about the filmmaker who founded FESPACO, Ousmane Sembene. Sankara, was one of Sembene’s personal heroes. I watched so much footage shot in Senegal, Mali, and Burkina Faso that I feel strangely at home looking at your photos. I can also understand your despair at being parted from this part of the world that engenders such deep emotion. You can rent the doc Sembene! on Apple TV+ if you want to feel less homesick. Also, his last film, Moolaadé, was filmed in a very remote, very beautiful village in Mali - you can find it on the Criterion channel. Jërëjëf for the post.

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Francesca Bossert's avatar

I felt sad reading this, knowing it’s too dangerous for you to visit when it’s so obvious your heart is very much there. The photos are are beautiful. I hope you can go back one day. Can you communicate with your adoptive mother and sisters or is it complicated?

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