His second feature after 2019’s Nafi’s Father, Senegalese director Mamadou Dia returns to his hometown to explore a subject considered taboo in his native country. By Katharina Baron In Senegal, ...
A lonely widower wrestling with the loss of his wife finds himself in the thralls of a mental health crisis, setting the stage for a moving tale of grief and acceptance in Mamadou Dia’s “Demba,” which ...
“Nafi’s Father” director Mamadou Dia and producer Maba Ba found the inspiration to make their film — which is Senegal’s entry in the Oscars International Film category — out of the desire to show how ...
Le Sénégalais Mamadou Dia (1910-2009) et le Marocain Mehdi Ben Barka (1918-1965) sont deux leaders anti-colonialistes qui ont marqué leur époque et l’Afrique par leur action en faveur de ...
Award-winning Senegalese filmmaker Mamadou Dia (“Nafi’s Father”) is in post-production on “Legacy,” a documentary that follows students at a legendary West African dance school. The director will be ...
SENEGAL-USA-CINEMADakar, 25 sept (APS) – Le film ”Demba” du réalisateur sénégalais, Mamadou Dia, a été sélectionné pour représenter le Sénégal dans la catégorie long métrage international de la 98e cé ...
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye decided yesterday to rename a major Dakar street honouring former French president Charles de Gaulle, calling it after independence icon Mamadou Dia instead.