FESPACO 2021: African film lovers come together in Ouagadougou

Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “FESPACO 2021: African film lovers come together in Ouagadougou” – below is their description.

After an eight-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, Africa’s biggest film festival kicks off this weekend.

The much-anticipated Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) will be attended by top African film directors.

Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa that covers an area of around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900 sq mi) and is bordered by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast.

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Due to French colonialism, the country’s official language of government and business is French, but this language is spoken by approximately only 10-15% of the population. There are 59 native languages spoken in Burkina, with the most common language, Moore, spoken by roughly 50% of Burkinabé.

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In This Story: Nicolas Haque

“Nicolas Haque is an award-winning roving news correspondent based out of Dakar, Senegal. He started working for Al Jazeera in 2008 as a correspondent in Dhaka, Bangladesh, before moving to Senegal in 2013. Previously, he worked in current affairs for ITN, Channel 4 News, BBC Asian Programmes and ABC News in London. A member of the African Foreign Press Association, he holds an MA honours in Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.” Source – Al Jazeera English website

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