Yenepa
A Burkinabe Family
Victorien Vialar
2016 - 52 min - Super 16 & vidéo Full HD - Couleur - France, Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso, land of the upright men, makes history once again with a revolution, this time lead by the people, in October 2014. The president since 1987 was inclined to resign of his position. People’s expectations are great for the November 2015 election.
In Tengrela, village of farmers and fishermen mostly Muslim, it is the time of the rice harvest. People of all ages are working in the fields. The daily routine is laborious in this village where the Karaboro ethnic lives. They are close to 30 to living together in Seydou’s camping. Seydou is the patriarch, once fisherman on the lake Tengrela, today president of the House of agriculture of the province. The values passed are hard work, solidarity, courage, sharing and tolerance.The identity of each individual of the family is strong and reveals itself in the course of the confidences and looks shared by them about their lives and the world surrounding them.Seydou, the Muslim polygamist patriarch is giving most of his income to send his daughter Orokia in a private catholic school because she is the most brilliant student in the village. He and his first wife, the catalyst, are the family main foundations. Adama, the older son, has passed 10 years with a marabou in Mali learning Koran. He is illiterate but shines with his values of tolerance and love, he is for each of his brothers and sisters an humble and pious role model. Siaka, Seydou’s nephew, huge worker, has a powerful and brotherly relationship with Adama and Drissa, who, at 22, started again the night school to learn the work of electrician. The three of them work together in the fields and eat in the same dish since their childhood. The new generation, including the 14 year old Lassina and Orokia, is lucky to be send to school. They are trying their best to pursue their studies and make proud their parents.
This is a unique Burkinabe family : the Tous from Tengrela.

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