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Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi received the coveted Stallion of Yennenga award Saturday on the biennial pan-African Fespaco movie pageant for his homicide thriller oeuvre “Ashkal”.
Tunis-born Chebbi, whose movie centres on the investigation into the killing of a caretaker on a building web site at Carthage on the outskirts of his hometown, didn’t attend the ceremony in Burkina Faso, presided over by army chief Ibrahim Traore.
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Chebbi received out over Burkinabe rival Apolline Traore, who picked up a comfort Silver Stallion award for “Sira”, whereas the bronze went to Kenya’s Angela Wamai for “Shimoni”.
The Stallion of Yennenga (Etalon d’or de Yennenga) is awarded for the fictional or documentary function movie judged finest to depict African realities.
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(AFP)
