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Who we met at Fespaco

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Audrey Brown interviews artist Hyppolyte Delavolta in Ouaga
Painting of film-maker Ousmane Sembene by artist Hyppolyte Delavolta.

Features from Ouagadougou as the 21st biennial Fespaco film festival attracts Africa's creative community to the city.

Audrey Brown meets painter Hyppolyte Delavolta as the BBC Africa Service team gears up for the festival.

There was much debate over which painting they each would like to buy!

Listen Hyppolyte Delavolta 4 mins 24 secs

Unusually one film director is at the event to launch a book rather than a film.

Cameroonian film-maker Jean-Pierre Bekolo Obama spoke to Jenny Horrocks about his book "Africa for the Future". But she began by asking him how he was dealing with sharing his surname with the new US president.

Listen Jean-Pierre Bekolo Obama 3 mins 19 secs

More from Fespaco

Our Fespaco pics on Flickr

The history of Fespaco

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