Yaaba

Release Date:

Oct 6, 1989

Running Time:

1:30

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Idrissa Ouedraogo

Cast:

Fatimata Sanga	Yaaba
Noufou Ouedraogo	Bila
Roukietou Barry	Nopoko
Adama Ouedraogo	Kougri
Sibidou Ouedraogo	Poko
Adama Sidibe	Razougou
Rasmane Ouedraogo	Noaga
Assita Ouedraogo	Koudi
Zenabou Ouedraogo	Pegda
Ousmane Sawadogo	Taryam

Producers:

Freddy Denaës , Pierre-Alain Meier , Idrissa Ouedraogo , Michel David

Language:

English

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In a small African village, elderly Sana is ostracized, but 10-year-old Bila doesn't think she's a witch like everyone else. He even calls her Yaaba, which means grandmother. After Bila's cousin, Nopoko, becomes deathly ill and Sana saves her, Bila comes to Sana's defense when the village medicine man accuses her of taking Nopoko's soul. It isn't until after Sana's death that the real reason behind the village's hatred comes to light.

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