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Sarraounia means queen or female chief in the Hausa language. Among the predominantly animist Azna people of Lougou and surrounding Hausa towns and villages, the term refers to a lineage of female rulers who exercised both political and religious power.
Jan 20, 2020 · Sarraounia is a 1986 historical drama film written and directed by Med Hondo (1936-2019), featuring Aï Keïta as the eponymous character. It is based on a novel of the same name by Nigerien author Abdoulaye Mamani (1932-1993), who co-wrote the screenplay.
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SARRAOUNIA engages with a 19th century historical incident, that is the story of the legendary Azna queen, Mangou, who in todays southwest region of Niger made war against the troops of Voulet ...
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Apr 20, 2018 · Sarraounia (a title indicating a female chief or a lineage of female rulers) was the Queen of the Azna, a subgroup of the Hausa, who ruled in the Niger Republic, during the late 19th...
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Sarraounia is a 1986 historical drama film written and directed by Med Hondo. It is based on a novel of the same name by Nigerien author Abdoulaye Mamani, [1] who co-wrote the screenplay.
Nov 26, 1986 · Sarraounia: Directed by Med Hondo. With Aï Keïta, Jean-Roger Milo, Féodor Atkine, Didier Sauvegrain. On January 2 1899, starting from the French Soudan, a french column under the commandment of the captains Voulet and Chanoine is send against the black Sultan Rabah in what is now the Cameroun.
Sarraounia is one of the few films to not only meticulously explore the processes involved in organizing anticolonial resistance but also to chronicle the unspeakably gory violence of colonial conquest.
