Dylan Valley

Oct 19, 2023 | africasacountry.com | Noah Tsika |Dylan Valley

In a feat of desperation and fear, a young Banel (Khady Mane) drags her husband, Adama (Mamadou Diallo), by the hand, under a blazing Sahelian sun, toward mountains of sand. Hidden underneath are the structural bones of once-abandoned houses. On arrival, Banel forces Adama into the sand and commands him to dig. With no tools around them, she tells him to use his hands. “Dig! Dig! Dig!” she yells at him, her voice straining with every utterance of the word. “Dig,” she tells him.