Yandé Codou, la griotte de Senghor

Yandé Codou, la griotte de Senghor
Directed byAngèle Diabang
Screenplay byAngèle Diabang Brener
Produced byKaroninka Africalia Belgium
CinematographyFlorian Bouchet Fabacary Assymby Coly
Edited byYannick Leroy
Music byYandé Codou Sène, Wasis Diop, Youssou N'Dour
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
52 minutes
CountriesBelgium
Senegal

Yandé Codou, la griotte de Senghor is a 2008 Belgian-Senegalese documentary film written and directed by Angèle Diabang Brener and starring Yandé Codou Sène — two years prior to her death. The documentary is a portrayal of the life and work of Yandé Codou Sène, official griot to President Léopold Sédar Senghor, and one of the most influential Senegalese and Senegambian artists for decades despite not recording her first album until the age of sixty-five. The music is provided by Yandé Codou Sène, Wasis Diop and Youssou N'Dour.