Allah is Not Obliged (2026)
Overview
When ten-year-old Birahima’s mother dies, he leaves his native village in Guinea, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima becomes a child-soldier. Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity.
Cast
Chris Aboubacar Hanta Traoré / SK 07
Birahima (voice)
Thomas Ngijol
Yacouba (voice)
Marc Zinga
(voice)
Annabelle Lengronne
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