Somali drama wins Pan-African film festival grand prize

 Somalia’s entry “The Gravedigger’s Wife” by Finish-Somali writer-director Khadar Ayderus Ahmed won the prestigious Stallion of Yennenga grand prize for best film at the Pan-African film festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Sunday. The poignant drama about a gravedigger’s struggles to raise money to pay for his wife’s surgery, took home the 20 million franc … Continue reading Somali drama wins Pan-African film festival grand prize