Yaaba
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Directed by	Idrissa Ouedraogo
Produced by	Idrissa Ouedraogo
Written by	Idrissa Ouedraogo
Starring	Fatimata Sanga Noufou Ouedraogo
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	Mòoré
Gross revenue	$55,000

Yaaba (1989) is a 1989 Burkinabé drama film written, produced, and 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 has been accused of witchcraft by her village, and has become a social outcast. Only Bila is respectful of her, and calls her "Yaaba" (Grandmother). When Bila's cousin, Nopoko (Roukietou Barry), falls ill, a medicine man insists that Sana has stolen the girl's soul. Sana undergoes a long and grueling journey to find a medicine to save Nopoko's life. Sana manages to save Nopoko's life, but is still treated as a witch. After Sana dies, the real reason why she is hated in the village is uncovered, but her love and wisdom she invested in Bila and Nopoko lives on.

[edit] External links

• Yaaba at the Internet Movie Database
• Yaaba at Allmovie

Yaaba at the Internet Movie Database

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