Yaaba
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| Yaaba | |
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| Directed by | Idrissa Ouedraogo |
| Produced by | Idrissa Ouedraogo |
| Written by | Idrissa Ouedraogo |
| Starring | Fatimata Sanga |
| Music by | Francis Bebey |
| Cinematography | Matthias Kälin |
| Editing by | Loredana Cristelli |
| Distributed by | New Yorker Films (U.S.) |
| Release date(s) | September 14, 1989 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time | 90 mins. |
| Country |  Burkina Faso Switzerland France |
| Language | More |
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Yaaba (1989) is a 1989 Burkinabé drama film directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo.
[edit] Plot
The film is set in a small African village. Bila (Noufou Ouédraogo) is a ten year old boy who makes friends with an old woman called Sana (Fatimata Sanga), who is an outcast. Everybody calls her a witch but Bila calls her "Yaaba" instead, meaning "grandmother". Sana's medicine saves Bila's cousin, Nopoko (Roukietou Barry), when she gets ill.
[edit] External links
Yaaba at the Internet Movie Database
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