Dakan

Dakan Destiny is a 1997 FrenchGuinean drama film written and directed by Mohamed Camara. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Telling the story of two young men struggling with their love for each other, it has been described as the first West African feature film to deal with homosexuality.

Dakan has been variously described as the first West African film, the first SubSaharan film and the first film by a Black African to deal with homosexuality. It depicts the conflict between homosexual characters and their families in a society where homosexuality is taboo. According to Monica Bungaro in Male Feminist Fiction, the film suggests that homosexuality is in fact natural and widespread. Sory appears to be attractive to several other young men, and the relationship between Sory and Manga is accepted by their classmates.I made this film to pay tribute to those who express their love in whatever way they feel it, despite societys efforts to repress it. ........

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