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For the 40th anniversary of Fespaco, RFI will once again be broadcasting and reporting from Ouagadougou, throughout the festival - 28 February to 7 March. As well as bringing you reports from our studio in Ouagadougou, RFI will be recording programmes from outside the studio, in the city square. Aidan O'Donnell will be reporting in English in our radio broadcasts and on our website - www.rfienglish.com As well as radio reports and articles on this website, you’ll also find a photo log updated daily and videos of what we’re doing in Ouagadougou.
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Ethiopian alienation
Mar 06, 2009 at 11:17 AM

The film Teza presents the story of a highly educated Ethiopian who returns home from Germany after Mengistu takes power. http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/pages/001/page_46.asp  

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Piecing together the genocide
Mar 06, 2009 at 11:15 AM

Eric Kabera's documentary, Behind the Roadblock, looks back at the Rwandan genocide of 1994. http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/pages/001/page_46.asp

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Lethal jewellery in a Kenyan love story
Mar 05, 2009 at 12:37 PM

Kenyan director Judy Kibinge has brought her short film, Killer Necklace, and is impressing audiences with a tale from a Nairobi slum. http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/pages/001/page_46.asp

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Focus on South Africa
Mar 03, 2009 at 04:14 PM

Two films set in South Africa are showing early this week: "Triomf" and "When we were black". They both set personal stories against the backdrop of important events in South Africa's...

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Fespaco hails the late Senegalese director Sembène Ousmane
Mar 03, 2009 at 04:08 PM

At the Fespaco film festival in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, opening ceremonies are wrapping up and the focus is now on the films and filmmakers. But attention has turned first of all to...

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Fespaco 2009 opens in Ouagadougou
Mar 03, 2009 at 04:04 PM

In Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, the Panafrican Film & Television Festival - Fespaco - opened on Saturday. The first part of the festival to open doors with the Mica - the section dedicated...