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Movies: Best Movies in Bambara(Bamanankan)

Bambara, also known as Bamana (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲) or Bamanankan (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲; Arabic script: بامانانكان), is a lingua franca and national language of Mali spoken by perhaps 14 million people, natively by 4.2 million Bambara people and about 10 million second-language users. It is estimated that about 80 percent of the population of Mali speak Bambara as a first or second language. It has a subject–object–verb clause structure and two lexical tones. ()

Bambara is spoken in Côte d'Ivoire and Mali and 4 movies (between 1989 and 2007) with this language have been recorded so far. Most of these movies were shot in Mali (3). Popular genres for Bambara movies are Drama (4) and Comedy (1). Haramuya (1995), A Dance for Heroes (1989), Genesis (1999) and Faro: Goddess of the Waters (2007) are among the best known & most successful Bambara movies.

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Faro: Goddess of the Waters(2007)

1h 36min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Faro is a real goddess of a real tribe (the Bamana) in the West African country of Mali. In a landlocked country like Mali, covered in part by the Sahara Desert, water is a resource that can never be taken for granted. The Bamana village in Faro: Goddess of the Waters not only sits on a riverbank, but also depends for much of its food on fish from the river. Faro is the dominant character in this film, the unseen force for which all action takes place. (c) Ferdy on Films [Marilyn Ferdinand].

Directed by Salif Traoré - With Habib Dembélé, Sotigui Kouyaté, Djénéba Koné, Michel Mpambara, Tidiane Traoré

Genesis(1999)

1h 42min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 2 votes)

Inspired by the book of Genesis, this film tells the power struggle between two families: a clan of herders led by Jacob and another clan of hunters fronted by his brother Esau. Caught in the crossfire is their cousin, Hamor and his tribe of farmers.

Directed by Cheick Oumar Sissoko - With Sotigui Kouyaté
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A Dance for Heroes(1989)

1h 47min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

Two women rebel against the traditions of a village society.

Haramuya(1995)

1h 27min | Drama, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

The story centers on a devout Muslim, Faco, who tries to run his two-wife household in the traditional way. The trouble begins when his ambitious younger son, Kalifa lapses and gets involved with his older brother's hoodlum friends. Kalifa then gives them his money and soon loses his job. The city has a curfew at night and only those with a highly-prized identity card are allowed out. Police rigorously patrol the streets in search of whores and people without cards. One homeless, unemployed man, Oussou, decides to earn the card by becoming a stoolie for the cops, and snitches on Kalifa's older brother, precipitating a police raid of Faco's home that results in their finding a cache of illegal drugs. Faco and the older son are both stripped naked and thrown in jail. Suddenly Faco finds himself brutalized and humiliated by his Muslim brothers. Meanwhile, the dark-skinned daughter of a white storekeeper, with a lust for black hookers, sets off to find her real mother.

Directed by Drissa Touré