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ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO’S TIMBUKTU AND ITS CONTROVERSIAL RECEPTION - Abderrahmane Sissako, director. Timbuktu. Original title: Timbuktu, le chagrin des oiseaux.2014. 97 minutes. In French, Tamashek, Bambara, Songhay, and Arabic (with subtitles in English and French). France/Mauritania. Worso Films.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2015

Phyllis Taoua
Phyllis Taoua*
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University of Arizona Tucson, Arizonataoua@email.arizona.edu
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African Studies Review , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , September 2015 , pp. 270 - 278
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