Odile Sankara's theater, a portrait in a nutshell, a gesture and a silence

Odile Sankara, actress, director and president of the prestigious Les Récréatrales festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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“The theater is the space of truth” proclaims Odile Sankara, actress, director and president of the prestigious Les Récréatrales festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

In short, a gesture and a silence, the younger sister of “African Che Guevara”, Thomas Sankara, shares with us her way of doing theater and how she thrills her audience.

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