The Monkey Dance

Name: The Monkey Dance
Director: Salif Traoré
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998-01-01
Cast: Idrissa Samaké, Fatoumata Coulibaly, Mamadou Doumbia, Kéfa Diarra, Sory Ibrahima Koïta

1998 · 25 min · Drama

In a Malian village, Nyamanton, a young man from a noble family, defies convention by marrying Koudédia, a griotte regarded as being of lower social status. Determined to punish their union, Gnanson and the village elders turn a masked ceremony into an instrument of persecution. As the Komo spreads terror and the monkey dance begins, the couple must confront a tradition being used to deny them the freedom to choose their own destiny.

Directed by Salif Traoré

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