African Glory
Documentary, Feature | Duration: 1:03:24 | Vanves, France
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Description: Did the first African to reach the Americas arrive as a king and not a slave?
West Africa in the 13th century saw the rise of a vast empire; the Manden Empire. 180 years before Christopher Columbus, its emperor Abu Bakr II set off to cross the Atlantic with an armada of 2,000 ships. He never returned.
Drawing on both fact and fiction, this film sets out to restore the Manden civilisation to its rightful place in history.
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Anthropologist and historian Jean-Yves Loude shares the results of his in-depth investigation into Mandinka Emperor Abu Bakr II, who set off from the Senegalese coast at the head of a fleet of two thousand boats in 1311 according to a written account recorded in an official 14th-century encyclopedia. In parallel, the voice of Cheick Tidiane Seck is our guide on a journey to the heart of the Mali Empire: once upon a time the great Battle of Kirina took place, leading to the advent of an empire that would keep growing until Emperor Abu Bakr II set off on the Sea of Darkness.
West Africa in the 13th century saw the rise of a vast empire; the Manden Empire. 180 years before Christopher Columbus, its emperor Abu Bakr II set off to cross the Atlantic with an armada of 2,000 ships. He never returned.
Drawing on both fact and fiction, this film sets out to restore the Manden civilisation to its rightful place in history.
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Anthropologist and historian Jean-Yves Loude shares the results of his in-depth investigation into Mandinka Emperor Abu Bakr II, who set off from the Senegalese coast at the head of a fleet of two thousand boats in 1311 according to a written account recorded in an official 14th-century encyclopedia. In parallel, the voice of Cheick Tidiane Seck is our guide on a journey to the heart of the Mali Empire: once upon a time the great Battle of Kirina took place, leading to the advent of an empire that would keep growing until Emperor Abu Bakr II set off on the Sea of Darkness.
Filmmaker Bio:
Thierry Siegried Bugaud A graduate of the Institut International de l'Image et du Son, Thierry Bugaud studied ethnology at Paris VII university. He produced a number of photographic series, including Les Grands Moulins de Paris. In 1998, he created the Art Evolution studio and produced around a hundred music albums. He also made sound documentaries: La Terre des Hommes Intègres in Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali. He then went on to found La Boite Dans la Boîte and has been producing documentaries since 2008. La Boite dans la Boite was created in 2008, fruit of the vision of two writers and directors. It is now an audiovisual production company specializing in documentaries. It was awarded the special jury prize at the international Festival Georges De Caunes de Vallauris. The company also owns a recording studio for producing artists and an audiovisual creation department. |