''Yandé Codou, la griotte de Senghor'' is a 2008

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written and directed by Angèle Diabang Brener and starring

Yandé Codou Sène Yandé Codou Sène (also ''Yande Codou Sene'') was a Senegalese singer from the Serer ethnic group. She was born in 1932 at Somb in the Sine-Saloum delta and died on July 15, 2010 at Gandiaye in Sénégal. She was the official griot of presid ...

— two years prior to her death. The documentary is a portrayal of the life and work of Yandé Codou Sène, official

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to President

Léopold Sédar Senghor Léopold Sédar Senghor (; ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–80). Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician o ...

, and one of the most influential

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ese and

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artists for decades despite not recording her first album until the age of sixty-five. The music is provided by Yandé Codou Sène,

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and

Youssou N'Dour Youssou N'Dour (, wo, Yuusu Nduur; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine describe ...

. Festival de cinéma africain de Cordoue - FCA
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(Retrieved 2 June 2019)Speciale, Alessandra; Centro orientamento educativo; ''Festival Cinema Africano, D'Asia E America Latina, Issue 16'', Il castoro (2006), p. 1996, ''YANDÉ CODOU, LA GRIOTTE DE SENGHOR'' nAfricine.or

(Retrieved 2 June 2019)

Synopsis

The griotte

, who is now around 80 years old, is one of the last representatives of the Serer people, Serer polyphonic poetry. This documentary, shot over four years, is an intimate portrait of the diva that traveled through the history of

by the side of one of the country's legendary figures, poet President,

. A sweet and bitter story about greatness, glory and the passage of time.

Awards

* Festival de Cine de Dakar 2008: Audience Award for Best Documentary (6 December 2008)

References

External links

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