In Malian society, questions of succession from a woman to her husband and from a daughter to her deceased father cause a great deal of controversy, abuse and violation of the rights of women and girls. Many of our mothers, daughters, aunts and sisters are in total destitution because of the despoiling of the property bequeathed to the legal successors of the head of the family after his death. This often leads to dead-end legal proceedings, violence of all kinds against the legal heirs and the plundering of property...
A film by Ngolo Diarra selected for the Festival Vues d'Afrique 2021