Senegal / 1993 / 46mins / Documentary / Wolof

The Voyage of Memory takes place on Soumbédioune Beach in Dakar, where the narrator spent his childhood. Children, the living tissue that binds a culture’s diverse activities, introduce us to the community: the fisherman, the carpenter who cuts and shapes the barques, the mechanic, the fishmongers, and the wholesale merchant. Slowly we discover that this entire community works only to satisfy the huge appetite of those who live in the North.

Ahmed Diop

Ahmed Diop was born in Senegal. His professional life is not that of a “normal” director, as he has been an engineer and a pilot. La Pirogue de ma mémoire (The Voyage of Memory - 1993) was his first film as a director. He won the TV5 Best Documentary Award at the Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film and the Youth Jury Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 1996 for the film Abraham et les Petits Métiers (1996). Learn More