RFI Spotlight on Africa

Spotlight on Africa - Searching for answers, 15 years after Ghanaians murdered in Gambia

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In Accra, a new documentary out this January sheds light on the 2005 murders of 56 West Africans in The Gambia – most of them Ghanaians. In I cannot Bury My Father, director Nana-Jo Ndow explores the lack of closure – and the lack of information – the families of the victims were given. RFI speaks to Ndow and Isaac Mensah, one of the sons of the victims, who are looking for the remains of their parents – and looking for answers.
22 Jan 2020 English France News

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