“A year ago, my father entrusted me to the marabout so that I could learn the Koran. I only study one hour a day. As for the rest of the time, I beg. And if in the evening I don’t bring back at least 600 francs, they tie me up and beat me. Once I didn’t go back to my marabout, and my parents thought I was dead. “
Today, like little Moussa, thousands of vagrant children are roaming the streets of Dakar. The majority of them are little children who have escaped from their daara (Koranic boarding school), after suffering from mistreatment. The Senegalese civil society – intellectuals, artists, social workers, “modern” Koranic masters – want to go beyond preconceived ideas and collective resignation to engage in a deep reflection and offer a real debate on the origins and solutions to a problem that is getting worse everyday.
Genre: History & Society, Religion, Africa, Documentary
Director: Clara Ott
Production: French Connection Films, La Belle Société Production, Ushuaia TV, viàOccitanie
Year: 2017
Length: 52 minutes
Languages : French, Wolof
Partners: Village Pilote, M-Media/Cinefeel TV, Canal+ International, CNC (French Film Board), Brussels Airlines, Procirep & l’ANGOA, MEDIA Program(Europe)
Broadcasters: Canal+ Africa, M-Media/Cinefeel TV
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