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West African Cinema
Sembène onward — films made in African languages for African audiences, using folklore, satire and long takes to argue about independence and what followed it.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.

Touki Bouki
Djibril Diop Mambéty · 1973

Black Girl
Ossie Davis · 1972

Yeelen
Souleymane Cissé · 1987

Timbuktu
Abderrahmane Sissako · 2014
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