Togolese cinema is a small but growing voice in Francophone West African film, shaped by oral storytelling traditions and a focus on community life. Umuja (2022) is among the rare Togolese productions to reach wider audiences. See what Macca made of it below.
Rating: 1.0★
Candomblé is a religion of West African origin, carried to the Americas through the transatlantic slave trade and most associated today with Brazil, particularly the north-eastern state of Bahia. Its rituals involve music, movement, possession and a rich system of spiritual figures known as orixás, and it has survived
Genre Drama
★★½ — Umuja (2022)
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