Country:Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Director:Fadika Kramo-Laancine

Summary:

This film represents one of the most typical facets of parallel worlds in African storytelling: that of the lines drawn between tribes and classes and the taboo of crossing them. Two Ivorian students, Fanta and Karamoko, are in love and talking about marriage. Both were born in the same village and their respective parents know each other well. Yet Karamoko Kouyate, the son of a griot (wandering poet and musician), cannot marry Fanta, the daughter of a direct descendent of the illustrious families of the Mandingo. Despite their fast-changing world, the two families oppose the marriage of their children in the name of tradition.