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A film adaptation of one of the great oral epics of the Bambara people, set during the powerful Mali Empire of the 13th century. Tells the story of Nianankoro, a young Bambara warrior destined to destroy a corrupt older society, the secret Komo cult, and with it his father, and, inevitably, himself....

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Main Authors: Keïta, Salif, 1949- (Composer), Portal, Michel, 1935- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Cissé Films, Cinecom International Films, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Cissé, Souleymane (Director, Screenwriter, Producer), Keita, Balla Moussa (Actor), Kane, Issiaka (Actor), Traoure, Soumba (Actor), Sangare, Aoua (Actor), Sanogo, Niamanto (Actor), Sarr, Ismaila (Actor), Sangare, Koke (Actor)
Format: DVD
Language:Bambara
English
Published: New York : Kino on Video, [2002]
Series:Films of Souleymane Cissé
Subjects:
Bambara (African people) > Drama.
Bambara (African people) > Rites and ceremonies > Drama.
Bambara (African people)
Bambara (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Mali > Drama.
Mali.
Film adaptations.
Fantasy films.
Feature films > Mali.
Foreign films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films > Mali.
Motion pictures, African.
Foreign language films > Bambara.

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