Mahama Traoré

Mahama Traoré

Dakar, Senegal

Senegalese filmmaker.

Most Known for...

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N'Diangane 1975 (7)

This film presents a harsh critique of the Koranic teaching through the tragic story of a small talibé, student of a beggar.
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Reou-Takh 1972

Arguably the first African film made that engages the topic of slavery. African film pioneer Mahama Traore (more commonly referred to as Johnson), offers an uncompromising narrative that seeks to address totality of the African slave narrative.
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Garga M'Bossé 1974

The drought forces a peasant couple to go to the city, where they meet people's indifference. Only a trade unionist will offer them any help.