Den Baya
Burkina Faso, France
1992
29 Min
Color
Wolof
Bintou is a young woman from a district of Bobo-Dioulasso, very happy. But a few months after the birth of her first child, worry mingles with her sense of happiness. After a couple of months, she becomes anxious of not knowing how to take care of the baby. —Mnet
Filmmaker, film critic, member of the African Film Promotion Association Ouedraogo Dragoss teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Bordeaux 2. He is the author of numerous films including, among others, Den baya (Maternal love, 1992), Tle Wili (Rising Sun, 1998) and Martyrs forgotten sharpshooters in the country (2006). —bibliobx