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Yaaba

Where:

 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

A small African village. The story focuses on Bila, a ten year old boy who befriends an old woman, Sana. Everybody calls her 'Witch' but Bila himself calls her 'Yaaba' (grandmother). When Bila's cousin Nopoko gets sick it is Sana's medicine that saves her.

Released in 1989 — 90 minutes

Genres:

 Family Drama

Language:

 French