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The harmful custom -in this case, female genital mutilation- must be challenged by the concerned people themselves, and not under moralizing foreign influence.
Ousmane Sembène, defender of sovereignties and independences : "We must change our behaviour, but we must decide for ourselves et by ourselves."
"A whole people dwells within me and I must bear witness to my time."
Thanks to Blessing Azugama, who enriched my ideas with her remarks on the possibility that the best duanjus carry a part of traditions !
"Yeelen" : man's initiatory quest, with and against his father, in a luminous sacrifice, while the woman transmits life and blood. Africa as spirit !
It's a little masterpiece of identity affirmation : if possible, watch it in the Malian version with subtitles ! We almost forget that the globalist cultural steamroller still exists...Beautiful sentence from one of the characters : "This source springs from a bottomless, inexhaustible well..."It's probably the bottomless well of traditional cultures that still has some nice surprises in store for us !
"Yeelen" meaning "light", the quote from the french writer
Edmond Rostand comes to my mind : "It's at night that it's beautiful to believe in the light...".
Indeed, we're in a period where planetary leveling is destroying rooted cultures, in Africa, Europe and elsewhere...
For the first time, microdramas have been added to ETtoday’s Starlight Cloud weekly streaming chart—and they’re already shaking things up.
Top of the list is What a Good Girl, a dark romance adapted from a hit novel that has already crossed 3 billion views in China, now drawing big attention in Taiwan. Close behind is Secret Color Critical on iQIYI, a controversial melodrama mixing office romance, illness, and daring intimacy, sparking plenty of online debate.
Meanwhile, long-form hits like Disney+’s Lilo & Stitch, Korea’s The Confidence Man, and Japan’s Diamonds of the Sea continue to hold strong, showing that Taiwan’s streaming tastes now balance international blockbusters with a fast-rising appetite for vertical short dramas.
Source:
https://star.ettoday.net/news/3031234
Kuaishou’s new white paper shows just how massive short drama viewing is and also gives craft tips for creators.
Key takeaways:
Stakes must be clear in the first 5 seconds.
Lighting should focus on faces for vertical screens.
Each beat = one emotion, one payoff.
It’s both a numbers game and a storytelling lesson. If viewers don’t finish, the drama dies. If they binge, it flies.
"Moolaadé" is an oral convention, but one that has legal standing, recognized by all since immemorial time.