“Zan Boko says everything that needs to be said about an endangered way of life.”
New York Times
“The critical camera becomes an instrument of resistance in the face of the technocrats. Zan Boko tells the story of modern Africa.”
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In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. When the boy comes to, he is mute and cannot explain who he is. The peddler leaves him with a family in the nearest village. After a search for his parents, the family adopts him, giving him the name Wend Kuuni (God’s Gift) and a loving sister with whom he bonds. Wend Kuuni regains his speech only after witnessing a tragic event that prompts him to reveal his own painful history.Read More »