Figure 1.-- Kirikou is the production of a European, primarily French team. The team inckides producers and animators in Belgium Luxembourg, and Latvia. An African boy is is the protagonist of a series of animation movies, set in a traditional African village. The first film was 'Kirikou and the Sorceress' (1998). It depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba. Kirakou was not a normal boy. Even as a new born he knows just what he wants. He already can speak and walk. His mother alerts him to an evil sorceress. She has has dried up the village water spring. She has devoured all village warriors except for one. Brave little Kirikou decides he will accompany the last warrior to confront the whicked sorceress. He proves to be the last hope of the beleagered village.

Kirikou is a 1998 animatef film, the production of a European, primarily French team. The team inckides producers and animators in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Latvia. A mgicl African boy is is the protagonist of a series of animation movies, set in a traditional African village. The first film was 'Kirikou and the Sorceress' (1998). It depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba. Kirakou was not a normal boy. Even as a new born he knows just what he wants. He already can speak and walk. His mother alerts him to an evil sorceress. She has has dried up the village water spring. She has devoured all village warriors except for one. Brave little Kirikou decides he will accompany the last warrior to confront the whicked sorceress. He proves to be the last hope of the beleagered village. It proved so sucessful that it generated a series. Next was 'Kirikou and wild beasts' (2005) and 'Kirikou and men and women' (2012). The Kirakou series is set in Africa before or at very beginning of the colonial rule. The women wear cotton cloths (sign of the early contacts with the Europeans). sAlthough a fable, the drawing is realistic. The women are shirtless and the children unclothed. Some complained about this when the films were released. This prived less a problen in Europe than in America. As a result it sws not widely distriubured in ythe United states. One important part of the first film is that Kirikou, keeps asking, "Why is Karaba so mean and evil?" The answer is very thought provoking. There is also a wonderful sound track by Youssou N'Dour.