Country:Niger

Director:Oumarou Ganda

Summary:

The second film of legendary master Oumarou Ganda who had gotten his start in films by playing the lead role in Jean Rouch’s Moi, Un Noir in 1959, is a good example of the double edged sword narrative so characteristic of him. A practicing Muslim takes the title of al-Hajj on his return from Mecca. However, this doesn’t stop him from lusting after the young Satou, promised to Garba. Furious, Garba feels he has no choice but to leave the village for the town.