Nteregu

Nteregu is a visual and sonic journey through the music of Guinea-Bissau. From the rhythms of the Tina (traditional Guinean drum) and the communal spirit of the mandjuandadi to the tabancas of the griots and the dance floors of Europe, the film traces the evolution of Guinean music across centuries. Featuring ancestral instruments and rare testimonies, it shows how music serves as a bridge, passing down values and knowledge between generations. The film also highlights how women, through the Tina, laid the cultural foundation of the nation and helped unify diverse ethnic groups through music.

Preceded by

Sita Bella, The First (2024)
Dirs. Eugenie Metala and Jean-Marie Téno
32min
Cameroon
In French with English subtitles

An unmarked grave, a dilapidated cinema on the premises of a government ministry: this is what remains of Thérèse Sita-Bella’s passage on earth. And yet she was Cameroon’s first woman journalist, the first airline pilot, and one of Africa's first filmmakers, whose film Tam Tam à Paris was shown at the first edition of FESPACO in 1969.