Review of Adanggaman

You've probably heard about the slave trade. However, a common misconception about it is that the European powers trafficked people because Africa was weak. Roger Gnoan M'Bala's "Adanggaman" makes clear that this was not the case. Plenty of the groups of people across the continent exerted considerable economic strength, to the point where the Europeans had to trade on the Africans' terms. Indeed, the slave trade wouldn't have been possible without the complicity of Africans.

Anyway, excellent movie. Both a look at the slave trade, as well as a focus on the lives of the Bambara.