Yandé Codou, la griotte de Senghor (2008)

Directed by

Angèle Diabang Brener

Genre

documentary film

Country

Senegal, Belgium

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary profiles Yandé Codou Sène, the official griot to Senegal's first president. It shows her life and her influence as a musician and cultural figure over many decades.

reverentintimatecontemplativecalmculturally groundednostalgicportrait-likeslow-paced

What happens

Yandé Codou, la griotte de Senghor is a 2008 Belgian-Senegalese documentary film written and directed by Angèle Diabang Brener and starring Yandé Codou Sène — two years prior to her death. The documentary is a portrayal of the life and work of Yandé Codou Sène, official griot to President Léopold Sédar Senghor, and one of the most influential Senegalese and Senegambian artists for decades despite not recording her first album until the age of sixty-five. The music is provided by Yandé Codou Sène, Wasis Diop and Youssou N'Dour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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