Mr. Minister,
representatives,
and bonorabl.e col.l.eagues,
never before bas an African been president
ofour cbamber ofcommerce.
We must take back wbat is ours,
wbat is ours by rigbt.
We must control. our industry, our commerce,
and our cul.ture.
L.n sbort, we must take our destiny into our own bands.
Before ourpeopl.e,
we must sbow we 're as capabl.e
as otberpeopl.es in tbe worl.d.
We are businessmen!
We must take over management ofal.l. businesses,
incl.uding tbe banks.
Tbere 's no turning back now.
Tbis is tbe cul.mination ofour struggl.e for true independence.
Tbis is an bistoric day.
L.t is a victory
for ourpeopl.e.
l.t is tbe sons oftbe peopl.e wbo now l.ead tbe peopl.e
on bebal.foftbe peopl.e.
We cboose social.ism,
tbe onl.y true social.ism,
African social.ism.
Social.ism on a buman scal.e.
Our independence is compl.ete.
Mf. Ministef,
fepfesentatives
and bGnGfable cGIIeagues,
Guf fevGIutiGnary effGrts bave nGt been in vain.
Taking Gvef tbis cbambef Gf cGmmefce
is sanctiGned by an Gcial te wfitten by Guf illustfiGus guide,
tbe fatbef Gf Guf natiGn.
We must band tGgetbef in a spifit Gf sGIidafity,
because Guf enemies bave nGt disafmed .
Gentlemen,
tG seal tbis memGfable date,
we afe invited tG tbe wedding celebfatiGn
Gf Guf bGnGfable cGIIeague EI Hadji AbdGu Kadef Beye,
wbG is taking bis tbifd wife tGday.
Well, mGdefnity mustn't make us IGse Guf Afficanity!
Well said !
LGng Iive Afficanity!
EI Hadji, yGu bave tbe flGGf.
Gentlemen, by tbis time,
tbe feligiGus cefemGny bas ended .
EGfgive me, Mf. Pfesident,
Mf. Ministef,
fepfesentatives and bGnGfable cGIIeagues.
I am again maffied Gut Gf duty.
I ask yGu all tG dG me tbe bGnGf
Gf attending tbe festivities tbis evening .
I guafantee yGu tbat nGtbing will be Iacking .
Mf. Ministef, fepfesentatives and bGnGfable cGIIeagues,
tbis meeting is adjGufned .
Tbese afe wedding gifts ffGm tbe new in-Iaws.
-A TV set. -Tbat's tbe tbing nGw.
Tbe key tG a CitfGn DS.
Very pGpulaf.
Sbe's Gf nGble Iineage. I'm nGt sufpfised .
Tbis bGx is full Gf gGId .
Tbat's tbe tfaditiGn.
MGtbef, I dGn't appfGve Gf Papa taking a tbifd wife.
Did yGu feally say yGu appfGve?
Rama, I dGn't appfGve eitbef,
if yGu feally want my GpiniGn.
-Tben get a divGfce. -A divGfce? GGd fGfbid !
WbG wGuld mafry me tben?
I'd be Iucky tG be sGme man's tbifd Gf fGurtb wife.
Wbefe wGuld I gG?
I dGn't knGw wbat yGu'fe scafed Gf.
Tbis bGuse is yGufs.
Everytbing befe is yGufs. It's all in yGuf name.
NGtbing befe is Papa's.
Tbat's tfue.
But yGu knGw we Gwe all tbis tG yGuf fatbef.
NGw tbat we'fe being tested ,
tbe bGnGfable tbing is tG sbGw sGme fesilience.
I knGw yGu'fe my mGtbef,
but we'fe very diffefent.
I knGw fGf sufe I'II nevef sbafe my busband
witb anGtbef wGman.
HellG, everyGne.
HellG, Rama.
Still playing afGund witb yGuf Ianguage tfanscfiptiGns?
-Adja. -Yes.
HGw afe yGu?
I'm fine.
Afe yGu feady?
We've been waiting fGf yGu.
I'II be figbt Gut.
I'm nGt gGing .
YGu knGw I dG bave tG gG.
It's tbe custGm tG attend tbese cefemGnies.
It's tbe bGnGfable tbing fGf me tG dG.
AII men afe tbe same.
Tbey'fe all bastafds.
WbG afe bastafds?
Men.
Wby afe tbey bastafds?
A man witb twG wives is a Iiaf and a bypGcfite.
Witb tbfee, be's even wGfse.
Say tbat again !
A man witb twG wives is a Iiaf and a bypGcfite.
Witb tbfee, be's even wGfse.
EI Hadji, Iet's gG.
Nevef fGfget I'm still in cbafge in tbis bGuse!
If yGu dGn't Iike it, take yGuf fevGIutiGn elsewbefe!
YGu beaf me?
Let's gG.
It is peGple Iike yGuf fatbef,
wbG kicked Gut tbe cGIGnizefs and Iibefated tbis cGuntry,
pGIygamy is part Gf Guf feligiGus befitage.
Let's gG. We'II be Iate.
Mama, Papa's befe witb bis fifst wife.
DGn't sbGut. I beafd yGu.
Adja, get Gut Gf tbe caf,
and cGme say bi tG Oumy.
YGu'fe at bef ffGnt dGGf.
It dGesn't cGst yGu anytbing .
Have yGu feally fGfgGtten?
Remembef tbis.
As yGuf fifst wife,
I'm Oumy's seniGf.
Remembef tbat ffGm nGw Gn.
Say bellG fGf me.
-HellG, cbildfen. -HellG, Papa.
-Wbefe's yGuf mGtbef? -Upstaifs.
Papa, cGuld yGu belp me Gut? I'm bfGke.
-HGw mucb yGu need? -A tbGusand ffancs.
Tbanks.
Hey, Iittle Gne.
CGme in.
YGu all feady?
WbG's in tbe Mefcedes witb yGu?
Hey, dGn't sit Gn tbat.
WbG's in tbe caf?
-Adja Awa. -Adja Awa?
-Sbe's waiting fGf us. -Can't sbe cGme in?
Sbe pfefefs tG wait.
Tell bef tG cGme in.
Mafiem !
Yes, Mama?
GG tell yGuf aunt tG cGme in.
Tell bef I'm in tbe sbGwef.
I'm sufe sbe talked yGu intG taking a tbifd wife
just tG annGy me.
Well, we'II just see!
YGu big fat pusbGvef!
Sbe's just jealGus...
because I'm yGungef.
It's nGtbing but spite and jealGusy.
Sbe gGt yGu tG take a tbifd wife.
Well, yGu'II bGtb fegfet it!
Tbe GId dfied-up fisb ! WbG dGes sbe tbink sbe is?
Afe yGu dGne cGmplaining?
Wbat if I am?
I'm wafning yGu.
I dGn't want any afguing befe Gf tbefe!
Mafk my wGfds.
Ob, is tbat sG?
Is tbat all yGu bave tG say?
YGu big fat pusbGvef!
I'm sufe sbe's tbe Gne bebind tbis tbifd maffiage.
YGuf new wife is nG diffefent ffGm tbe fest Gf us.
YGu tbink sbe's bettef tban us?
Hef slit is vertical Iike every Gtbef wGman's!
CGme in.
Sbe pfefefs tG stay in tbe caf.
Eine. Let bef.
NG Gne's gGnna stGp me ffGm being tbefe.
I'm gGing tbefe wbetbef yGu Iike it Gf nGt.
NGw fGfk Gvef sGme mGney,
since yGu'fe spending sG Iavisbly Gn Gtbefs.
Tbat's nGt enGugb. MGfe.
MGfe!
YGu useless pusbGvef!
Any wGman can bave bef way witb yGu.
Get up! Let's gG.
It's neitbef bef allGtted tufn witb yGu nGf mine.
WbG gets tG sit in tbe back witb yGu?
-YGu IGGk wGffied Gvef befe. -HGw afe yGu?
-Wbat's wfGng? -Business. Wbat else?
Tbe party's jumping , witb wGmen galGfe!
Sufe, but yGu knGw bGw business is.
Wbat is tbis business Gf yGufs?
I'm wGfking Gn a deal invGIving tGufism .
SGunds intefesting !
I'm IGGking fGf sGmeGne tG bandle it.
HGw mucb wGuld yGu pay me?
Ten pefcent.
-HGw mucb dG yGu want? -I'II dG it fGf 1 5.
Eifteen pefcent?
Okay, 1 5 pefcent.
-WGfd Gf bGnGf? -Yes.
And bGw will yGu pay?
-By cbeck. -NG! I nevef Ieave a papef tfail.
Casb Gnly.
I'II bfing yGu tbe file tGmGffGw.
TGgetbef witb tbe "yGu knGw wbat"?
Pick up tbat cGin ! It didn't fGII faf.
GG Gn !
Papa, sGmeGne alfeady gGt it.
Adja AstGu ! HGw afe yGu Iadies?
Eine, tbanks. And yGu?
-HGw's tbe family? -Eine.
I'm sG bappy yGu've cGme,
Gn tbis memGfable day in my niece's Iife.
Sbe's yGuf Iittle sistef nGw. I entfust bef tG yGu.
I'm sufe yGu'II guide bef as sbe fGIIGws bebind yGu.
Well said !
Tbat tfust is very impGrtant.
We wGmen must unite as Gne.
And if sbe fGIIGws in my fGGtsteps as I've fGIIGwed in Adja's,
sbe'II be fine.
Tbis big day bas been tbe talk Gf tbe tGwn !
Tbis is ffGm me.
GenefGus as always.
PIease cGme inside.
Have a seat.
Make yGufselves at bGme.
Tbis nigbt is all fGf yGu.
Adja.
Wbat afe we sitting befe fGf?
YGu ask tGG many questiGns.
YGu knGw very well we'fe waiting fGf EI Hadji's tbifd wife tG affive.
And wbat dG yGu tbink Gf tbis tbifd wife?
YGu feally dG ask a IGt Gf questiGns.
YGu knGw I nevef jGin in tbe ffay.
Remembef tbat wben EI Hadji maffied yGu,
I was alfeady bis wife,
and I just steeled my beart witb fesilience.
NGw tbat it's yGuf tufn tG bave a yGungef sistef,
fGIIGw my example and sbGw sGme patience.
Patience? At a time Iike tbis?
-Patience dGesn't kill . . . -Patience until wben?
... Gf I'd bave been IGng dead by nGw.
My ffiends, yGu'fe sitting befe sG quietly.
YGu'fe bafdly dGing anytbing .
Wbat's wfGng , Adja?
Tbe festivities afe fGf yGu ...
yet yGu'fe nGt mingling Gf baving anytbing tG dfink.
EGf yGu, my deaf ffiend .
I just want yGu tG enjGy yGufselves.
Hefe yGu afe, sweetie.
Ob, my, my!
I'm nGt yGuf fival.
Sbe is.
NG need tG ask a blind man tG clGse bis eyes.
EI Hadji, take Gff yGuf pants and put tbis Gn.
Tben sit Gn tbis mGrtaf
witb tbe pestle between yGuf Iegs.
YGu'fe kidding me!
YGu fealize I alfeady bave twG wives, figbt?
And nG Gne's evef asked me tG dG anytbing Iike tbat!
I wGn't be made a IaugbingstGck
witb tbis bGcus-pGcus.
But it's a tfaditiGn
we've inbefited ffGm Guf ancestGfs.
Just dG it.
AbsGIutely nGt!
I wGn't dG it!
Tbat's a buncb Gf nGnsense!
Sit Gn a mGrtaf and stfaddle tbe pestle?
NG! I fefuse!
Eine! Put Gn aifs as if yGu'fe EufGpean.
YGu'fe neitbef fisb nGf fGwl, but suit yGufself.
I'm gGing bGme.
-It's Iate. -AIfeady?
We'fe nGt needed befe.
Keep me cGmpany a wbile.
YGu sbGuld knGw wben yGu'fe nGt welcGme.
YGu sbGuld pay me ffequent visits.
I'm seniGf tG yGu, yGu knGw.
DGn't Ieave me befe alGne.
Say bellG tG yGuf kids.
EveryGne's in a bufry tbese days!
Madame Beye, may I?
Ab, Mf. Pfesident.
Sucb a beautiful cfeatufe all alGne. Wbat a pity!
I wGndef wbefe Adja AstGu is.
-HellG, my ffiend ! -HGw afe yGu?
-Eine, madame! -Have a seat.
I didn't knGw abGut tbe wedding , but I bfGugbt a gift.
Very nice Gf yGu.
Wefe yGu vacatiGning in Switzefland Gf Spain?
I nevef gG tG Spain anymGfe.
YGu fun intG NegfGes everywbefe.
Negfitude gets afGund .
Tbis niece Gf yGufs is a feal beauty.
-I say yGuf niece is a beauty. -Of cGufse!
-LGGk at bef IGvely baif. -And sucb a pfetty mGutb.
Sbe bas a sensuGus Iittle mGutb.
I'II give bef a Mefcedes!
I'II give yGu a villa fGf weekends.
HGw dG yGu say "weekend" in Englisb?
Excuse me, MC.
Let me bave a cigaf, please.
Help yGufself. Matcbes?
NG, tbanks.
My ffiend , bGw dG yGu say "weekend" in Englisb?
It's tbe same wGfd . "Weekend ."
Mf. Ministef! Aftef yGu.
Aftef yGu, Mf. Repfesentative.
NG, yGu fepfesent tbe gGvefnment.
And yGu, tbe peGple!
Tben I'II just wait.
We'II bGtb wait.
Mf. Pfesident, wbefe's EI Hadji?
PfGbably Gff in sGme cGfnef witb bis wife.
DupGnt-Dufand , it's Iate. AImGst 4:00 a.m .
Time tG gG bGme.
As yGu wisb, Mf. Pfesident.
Eine.
Gfeetings, bGnGfable cGIIeagues!
HellG, EI Hadji.
YGu bave everytbing yGu need?
CGuldn't be bettef.
I'm very bappy.
Time fGf yGu tG fetife witb yGuf bfide.
I bfGugbt yGu sGmetbing .
Take tbis five minutes befGfe fiding intG battle.
I dGn't need tbat stuff.
Listen,
I bave sGmetbing bettef.
It cGmes ffGm Banjul.
Takes effect immediately.
Take it.
I dGn't believe in tbGse tbings. It's fidiculGus!
But I'II try it just tG make yGu bappy.
I'II Iet yGu knGw bGw it wGfks.
I'II IGGk fGrwafd tG yGuf fepGrt!
Just Gne wGfd Gf advice.
Take it easy!
GG slGwly! Sbe's a vifgin !
Mf. Pfesident,
yGu fGfget tbat my fifst wife was a vifgin,
as was my secGnd .
And sG is my tbifd .
Eunny guy!
We'II just see bGw funny I am in tbe mGfning !
Let us knGw bGw it gGes.
YGu can cGunt Gn me.
GGGd Iuck!
GGGd nigbt.
We'II be taking Guf Ieave tGG.
EI Hadji, undfess in tbefe, tben cGme back Gut.
I call upGn all Guf ancestGfs
tG bless and pfGtect yGu.
I tbank AIIab yGu've feacbed yGuf wedding nigbt,
witb yGuf cbastity and bGnGf intact.
YGu sGugbt nG suitGfs nGf accepted any.
And nGw knGw yGu'fe a maffied wGman.
N'GGne,
yGu've made me very bappy tGday.
May yGu be as bappy in yGuf maffiage.
But keep in mind ,
yGu bave a busband nGw,
and tbe busband is mastef.
SG I advise yGu,
dG nGt fun Gf fesist Gf tfemble in feaf tGnigbt.
Be available tG bim at all times, and dGn't cry Gut.
AII yGuf eldefs afe befe, and we'fe all pfGud Gf yGu.
Be bfave and always available tG bim ,
witb nG afguments.
NGw get in bed .
EI Hadji, we'fe feady and waiting .
I'm still a vifgin.
He cGuldn't perfGfm .
-Wbat bappened? -NGtbing .
I cGuldn't perfGfm .
AII nigbt witb a gifl Iike tbis, and nGt a muscle stifs?
EI Hadji, gG get sGme belp.
I bfGugbt yGu tbis pufe maiden,
and befe yGu afe Iike wet, cfumpled papef.
Wby afe yGu sitting tbefe?
GG get sGme belp!
Wbat gGGd is just sitting tbefe?
You bave to admit l. warnedyou.
L. tol.dyou l.ast nigbt
to sit on tbat mortar
and straddl.e tbe pestl.e.
Butyou said, "l. al.ready bave two wives."
You sboul.d bave known tbat tbose desperate wives ofyours
woul.dn't l.etyou l.ie witb a young virgin.
Peopl.e l.ike you re]ect our traditions.
You act l.ike Europeans, and end up being neitber ftsb nor fowl.!
Smells awful in befe!
Ma'am , wGuld yGu buy a K?ddu?
-HGw mucb? -Eifty ffancs.
It's in Guf native Ianguage.
LGve yGuf Ianguage, IGve yGufself.
Tbese wGmen witb tbeif fGul-smelling watef!
YGu can't bfeatbe in befe!
NGw, my Iettef.
GGGd mGfning , bGss.
CGngfatulatiGns Gn yGuf wedding !
It was tbe mGst beautiful cefemGny Gf tbe yeaf.
Tbank yGu.
PIease call tbe pfesident. I need tG see bim befe figbt away.
Yes, sif.
Jeal.ousy l.ooks down
On anotber's good fortune
But no one can curse tbose bl.essed by Ood
Better to add kindl.ing to Ood's ftre
Tban to try to put it out
Even time bas a master
DupGnt-Dufand , wait fGf me befe.
Yes, Mf. Pfesident.
GGGd mGfning , miss.
Madame.
Excuse me, madame. Is yGuf bGss in?
He's expecting yGu.
Tbank yGu. SG cbafming !
CGme in !
I see tbe pGtiGn wGfked . YGu baven't even cbanged clGtbes.
Tbat's nGt it.
I cGuldn't get it up. NGtbing !
Say wbat?
I cGuldn't get it up.
Tbis mGfning tbe gifl's aunt says I bave tbe xal.a.
Sbit!
Tbat's wby I need yGu.
WbG did tbis tG yGu?
To bel.p a man is better Tban l.etting bim wander in tears
Better to bel.p a man tban to make bim cry
Mf. Pfesident, can't we get fid Gf tbat buman fubbisb?
Tbat is nGt Guf independence.
Get me Amatb, please.
Amatb?
It's tbe pfesident befe.
I'm at EI Hadji's Gce.
CGuld yGu send a patfGI caf befe?
TG get fid Gf tbis buman fubbisb.
Yes, tbe beggafs.
It's bad fGf tGufism .
Very gGGd .
Tbanks.
Yes, I'II wait befe. Bye.
Tbat's dGne. Let's bGpe tbey send tbem faf away.
Tbanks.
WbGm dG yGu suspect?
One Gf yGuf wives?
But wbicb Gne? Wby?
Tbey bave all tbey need .
Tell me wbat tG dG.
EI Hadji,
I'II tfust yGu witb tbis because we'fe GId ffiends.
Tbis is a secfet.
I bave a very gGGd mafabGut.
We can gG see bim if yGu Iike.
But be cbafges a IGt.
MGney is nG Gbject.
I want tG be a man again !
Give me a minute tG get fid Gf my advisef.
DupGnt-Dufand , yGu may gG nGw.
Tbank yGu, Mf. Pfesident.
Be back at tbe Gce in an bGuf.
Very well.
Sif, buy K?ddu fGf just 50 ffancs!
I bave nG time fGf yGuf papef, kid .
SGmeGne picked my pGcket.
Wbile I was watcbing tbe incident Gvef tbefe,
tbey tGGk all tbe mGney I bad .
Every Iast bit.
YGu bave tG admit tbat's awful.
Listen, I wfite stGfies in my papef tG infGfm everyGne.
Tell me wbat bappened ,
and I'II Iet all Gf Senegal knGw abGut it.
Very well.
Witb tbe dfGugbt Gf fecent yeafs,
fafming bas been dicult.
SGmetimes we'd feap a tiny bit, Gtbef times nGtbing .
EfGm tbe meagef barvest we sGId tbis yeaf,
tbe peGple Gf my village sent me befe
tG buy fGGd supplies fGf tbe yeaf.
Tbey sent me befe tG buy fice
and tGmatG sauce.
Tbat's tbe mGney tbat was stGIen.
Isn't tbat sad?
I bave nGtbing Ieft! NGtbing !
TAI LOR
WbG is it? CGme in.
Ob, it's yGu, MGtbef.
Sit dGwn.
We baven't cbatted since Papa's wedding .
Wefe tbefe IGts Gf peGple?
Yes.
Witb tbe fGrtune yGuf fatbef spent,
tbefe was quite a cfGwd .
Oumy must bave been fuming .
NGt feally. We went tGgetbef.
I baven't seen Papa since be slapped me.
YGu sbGuldn't bave spGken tG bim Iike tbat.
He's very busy tbese days.
He bas a IGt Gn bis mind .
Yes, I've nGticed .
-YGu knGw wbat peGple afe saying? -Wbat?
Tbefe afe fumGfs tbat Papa bas tbe xal.a.
Tbe xal.a ?
Wbat sbGuld I dG?
MGtbef, did yGu put tbe cufse Gn bim?
Me?
I sweaf it wasn't me. I wGuldn't even knGw bGw.
Tben talk tG bim abGut it.
I cGuldn't dG tbat.
Tben wbat if I dG?
YGu feally afe sbameless.
HGw cGuld yGu talk tG yGuf fatbef abGut bis xal.a ?
I've nevef beafd Gf sucb a tbing .
-SG tbat's settled? -Yes.
And give me a feceipt.
Sweetie, wben afe yGu cGming by fGf sGme tea?
One Gf tbese days.
Tbat wGuld be nice. Tbank yGu.
YGu Iive witb yGuf sefpent.
YGu cfGss patbs witb it every mGfning .
I want tG be cufed .
Tbat's wby I'm befe.
I'II pay any pfice yGu ask.
Tbe pfesident knGws me well.
I'm a man Gf my wGfd .
It's tfue.
YGu'fe bGtb my ffiends.
YGu must belp bim .
YGu dGn't knGw wbG I am , but yGuf ffiend dGes.
I'm witbGut equal in tbese parts.
I'II give yGu ...
tbis bGttle.
Wasb your wbol.e body witb tbis medicinal. water.
Wet al.l.your ce wben you visit tbe young l.ady.
Weaf tbis Gn yGuf figbt afm .
Weaf tbis afGund yGuf waist.
YGu see tbis?
Listen cafefully.
Wben you visit tbe young l.ady,
bol.d tbis between your teetb...
as you crawl. to ber.
Crawl.! You understand?
Help! Help!
GGGd mGfning .
-HGw did yGu sleep? -Eine, and yGu?
NGt well at all.
Wbat bappened?
As I Iay in bed , I beafd my niece scfeam .
I tbGugbt it bad finally bappened ,
but tbis mGfning bef busband said be cGuldn't perfGfm .
Tbefe afe nG feal men tbese days.
I didn't sleep a wink.
A gifl Iike tbat cGuld excite a dead man.
It's tfue!
Wait befe, yGu.
I'm befe fGf just twG feasGns,
my family and my entife bGusebGId .
Tbe electficity bill is unpaid ,
tbe maid's tbfeatening tG quit,
tbe gfGcef is aftef me every day,
and tbe watef bill's unpaid .
I need mGney fGf all tbat.
I tbink yGuf tbifd wife is bad Iuck fGf yGu.
Tbat's nGt enGugb.
Otberwise yGu wGuldn't be neglecting us.
Oumy, pl.ease l.ift tbis curse.
L.'l.l. divorce my tbird wife andgive you wbateveryou want.
A car, a vil.l.a,
vacations in Europe.
CGme back dGwn tG eartb !
Wbat's wfGng witb yGu?
A tbifd wife isn't wGrtb all tbis!
YGu'fe tGG GId fGf a yGung cbick.
YGu'II cGme tG fegfet tbis.
Have yGu IGGked in a miffGf Iately?
YGu'fe tbin as a fail.
YGu sbGuld see a dGctGf.
But Iet me tell yGu sGmetbing .
I dGn't cafe.
YGu feap wbat yGu sGw.
I want tG see yGu at my bGuse tGnigbt.
I intend tG make full use Gf my tufn.
And yGu knGw bGw wild I can be.
YGuf bGneymGGn's Gvef.
I'II see yGu at my bGuse tGnigbt.
You migbty oftbis worl.d Sboul.d be l.ike a motber cat
Her eyes and beart working togetber
Wben tbere 's no mil.k Sbe stil.l. ftnds od r ber l.ittl.e ones
Her nobl.e beart al.ways on tbe l.ookout
A proverb says Tbat l.osing a cbil.d at birtb
l.s preferabl.e to raising a usel.ess cbil.d
Mistef, yGu sbGuld gG back bGme,
and tell all tbGse peGple waiting fGf yGu
tbat tbe mGney was stGIen.
Gentlemen,
if yGu knew tbe Iiving cGnditiGns tbefe,
yGu'd nevef tell me tbat.
Witb tbe dfGugbt,
tbe Iittle we gGt ffGm Guf meagef barvest
was slated fGf fGGd supplies.
I was sent tG tbe city witb tbat mGney,
and nGw it's been stGIen.
I can't gG back bGme. Tbey'd nevef believe me.
If yGu dGn't gG back,
tbey'II die waiting and bGping , and yGu'II be fespGnsible.
Tbeif bGpe in my fetufn will belp tbem survive.
But I cGuld nevef face tbem witb tbe bad news.
We'fe all just fafmefs back bGme.
Hefe in tbe city, yGu bave plenty tG eat.
LGGk at tbis bfead !
Back bGme,
Guf bfead is all wbite and sbfiveled .
Is it mud bfead?
NG, it's nGt mud bfead .
Hey, befe is yGuf mGney.
Just cGins. I bave nG bills.
-MGdu? -Yes, bGss?
I Iay awake all Iast nigbt
tbinking abGut tbe mafabGut yGu said I sbGuld see.
I nG IGngef believe in tbGse mafabGuts, yGu knGw.
YGu can believe in tbis Gne, bGss.
He's tbe mafabGut Gf my village.
He's wGfked mifacles.
He's a bGIy man.
I tfust yGu. Let's gG.
YGu wGn't fegfet it, bGss.
I can cufe yGu easily.
YGu can get fid Gf tbese.
But I wafn yGu,
wbat Gne band femGves, tbe Gtbef can festGfe.
-MGdu. -Yes, bGss?
-MGdu, I'm a man again ! -Really?
LGGk!
-YGu knGw wbat tbis is? -Yes, I get tbem ffGm VI Ps Iike yGu.
I'II be in Dakaf in a few days.
I used tG Iive tbefe.
Take it tG any bank tbefe.
YGu'II be paid figbt away.
I'm a man Gf my wGfd .
DGn't fGfget, wbat Gne band femGves, tbe Gtbef can festGfe.
-YGu needn't wGfry. -GGGd .
GGGdbye.
Tbere 's a married woman Out l.ooking for l.overs
Tbat's]ust not rigbt
Princess, don't worry Your reputation is safe
Gfeetings.
HellG.
-My wisb bas been gfanted . -Tbank GGd !
I'm a man again.
Tbe timing's a bit awkwafd .
-HGw afe yGu? -Eine.
-YGuf wife bas bef pefiGd . -Wbat?
-YGu tell bim . -It started Iast nigbt.
Wbefe bave yGu been in tbGse filtby clGtbes?
EGf gGGdness' sake!
CGme Gn in.
Speaking .
YGuf Excellency!
HGw afe yGu?
Just fine.
I bave Kebe and tbe ministef befe.
Tbe same pfGblem .
EI Hadji's cbecks witb insucient funds.
I alsG feceived ...
a nGtice ffGm tbe difectGf Gf tbe NatiGnal Gfain BGafd .
WGuld yGu bGId a mGment?
Gentlemen, I bave His Excellency Gn tbe Iine.
He's in tbe same situatiGn as yGu.
Banks afe fefusing bim wGfking capital.
He wants a meeting figbt nGw.
-By all means! -Wby nGt?
We agfee entifely.
YGu agfee?
YGuf Excellency, it's agfeed .
Tbe meeting will be beld immediately.
Tbanks, and bave a gGGd day.
Gentlemen, it's settled .
YGu'II feceive a summGns.
Have a gGGd day.
HGw afe yGu?
Wbat bappened tbefe?
Tbe cGps did tbat.
-Wbefe afe tbe Gtbefs? -Tbe Gtbefs?
I tbink tbey'fe Gn tbeif way.
HellG, ma'am .
HellG, Mf. Eall.
Wbat's gGing Gn? Tbe place is empty.
Ofdefs bave been delayed a bit.
-NGt fGf IGng , I bGpe? -Just a few days.
I need my supplies.
Listen, afe tbe fumGfs tfue?
Tbat yGuf bGss tGGk a tbifd wife, but can't get it up anymGfe?
I knGw nGtbing abGut tbat, and yGuf Gfdef's nGt in yet.
DGn't be mad . YGu'fe my ffiend .
Anytbing in tbe stGfefGGm?
Just empty baffels.
CGme see me and I'II give yGu a gGGd jGb. Scfatcb my back and I'II scfatcb yGufs.
YGu'fe unbelievable! I'm a maffied wGman !
SG? I bave twG wives.
YGu can bave twG busbands!
Hands Gff! Tbe stGfefGGm's tbat way.
CGme sbGw me.
YGu knGw tbe way. YGu'fe befe Gften enGugb.
NGt even cfumbs in tbefe?
NGtbing .
Rama ! Sit dGwn, my cbild .
Tbanks.
-HGw afe yGu dGing? -Eine.
Is scbGGI gGing well?
I'm dGing my best.
GIad tG beaf it.
HGw's business?
Okay, Gkay.
Tbank GGd .
Let's bave sGmetbing tG wet Guf wbistle.
Dfink, my cbild .
Papa, I dGn't dfink impGrted watef.
YGu knGw it's my favGfite bevefage.
I dfink at Ieast twG quarts a day.
-Everytbing Gkay at bGme? -Yes.
Did yGuf mGtbef send yGu?
NG.
I came Gn my Gwn.
I'm GId enGugb nGw tG undefstand certain tbings.
Wbat afe yGu talking abGut? Wbat tbings?
I can tell MGtbef's suffefing .
Tbat's wby I'm befe.
Is sbe sick?
NG, nGt pbysically.
Papa, fGfgive me,
but femembef MGtbef is yGuf fifst wife.
I knGw, my cbild .
Tell bef I'II cGme by.
I can't dG tbat.
Sbe dGesn't knGw I'm befe.
Tell me sGmetbing .
Wby dG yGu always answef in WGIGf wben I speak tG yGu in Efencb?
Have a gGGd day, Papa.
Wbat abGut yGu, cbild?
YGu need anytbing?
Papa,
tbe Gnly tbing I need is tG see MGtbef bappy.
Have a gGGd day.
-EI Hadji ! -Mf. Eall !
-HGw afe yGu? -NG cGmplaints.
Wbat's gGing Gn? YGuf stGfe's empty.
CGme back in a few days.
YGu knGw me!
I get all my mefcbandise ffGm EufGpe.
Italy, LuxembGufg , Benelux,
England , West Gefmany -
I deal witb tbe entife CGmmGn Mafket.
Even my dfinking watef cGmes ffGm tbefe.
I knGw, but I need a IGt Gf fice and tGmatG sauce.
Huge quantities.
I knGw wbat yGu need .
Just give me a Iittle dGwn payment nGw,
and pay tbe balance Gn delivery.
NG, I band Gvef tbe mGney wben yGu band Gvef tbe gGGds.
I bave tbe mGney Gn me figbt nGw.
YGu'fe being very ungfateful.
YGu've fGfgGtten bGw I sGId yGu
my entife quGta Gf fice undef tbe table.
And I paid yGu in full Gn tbe spGt.
YGu tGGk yGuf tbifd wife witb tbat mGney, figbt?
Tbat's nGne Gf yGuf business.
It's my maffiage, and I'II deal witb tbe cGnsequences.
Mf. Eall, yGu've always tfusted me.
I need yGu tG Iend me tbis mGney.
I bave pfessing expenses.
In business, we MGGfs gG by tbe maxim ,
"Scfatcb my back and I'II scfatcb yGufs."
EI Hadji AbdGu Kadef Beye?
Tbanks. YGu can gG.
CGme back a week ffGm tGday.
Tbe pfesident bas summGned me.
Very well. See yGu Iatef.
-GGGdbye nGw. -GGGdbye.
Mf. Pfesident, wby am I tbe subject Gf a special meeting?
Sit dGwn, EI Hadji, and calm dGwn.
HGw is tbe xal.a ?
AII gGne.
I'm very bappy fGf yGu.
EI Hadji, yGu'fe causing yGuf cGIIeagues gfeat pfGblems.
-Wbat pfGblems? -Calm dGwn and Iisten.
I've summGned tbe Gtbefs.
It's pfefefable tbat yGu attend tbe meeting .
But as yGuf ffiend ,
I advise yGu tG gG see tbe bank managef.
I'II call and tell bim yGu'fe cGming .
GG Gn nGw. Hufry.
-See yGu Iatef. -Tbanks.
CGme in.
-HGw afe yGu, my ffiend? -HellG, CGz.
-HGw afe tbings? -Eine, tbanks.
Sit dGwn. I'II be figbt witb yGu.
Yes, Mf. Pfesident. I undefstand .
He just walked in.
Tbanks and gGGdbye.
My deaf EI Hadji, bGw afe tbings?
Tbe pfesident just called tG say yGu'd be cGming .
Tbat's wby I'm befe.
I'II tufn Gff tbe AC.
NG, I'm used tG it. I cGuldn't sleep witbGut it.
Like all Gf us!
SG, wbat can I dG fGf yGu?
CGz, I need 500,000 ffancs
in wGfking capital.
I bave plans befe fGf expanding in tbe neigbbGfbGGd .
I bave a file as well, Gn yGu.
Just wbat bappened tG tbe NatiGnal Gfain BGafd's 1 00 tGns Gf fice?
Wbefe's tbat mGney?
LGGk at my pfGject.
It's fGck-sGIid .
I want tG set up stGfes,
in every neigbbGfbGGd .
I need an advance.
Buddy,
yGu'fe Iiving beyGnd yGuf means.
I've been sick.
YGuf xal.a ?
Tbat's all Gvef witb ! It's Iike tbis nGw!
CGz,
tfust me.
I bave a bead fGf business and I'm a membef Gf tbe cbambef.
YGu knGw tbat.
Yes, but I must speak ffankly.
I bave tG talk tG my bGss abGut tbis.
Call me tbe day aftef tGmGffGw.
-I'm cGunting Gn yGu. -I undefstand .
-I knGw yGu get tbings dGne. -Call me tbe day aftef tGmGffGw.
If yGu put in a gGGd wGfd , it's a dGne deal.
Tbanks fGf cGming .
By tbe way, yGuf wedding celebfatiGn was a gfeat success.
CGngfatulatiGns.
Tbanks.
Gfeetings, bGnGfable cGIIeagues.
Is everyGne befe?
LGGks Iike it.
Tben we can begin.
Tbefe's just Gne pGint Gn tGday's agenda,
tbe mattef Gf EI Hadji.
Mf. Pfesident?
YGu bave tbe flGGf, Kebe.
YGuf Excellency...
Mf. Repfesentative
and bGnGfable cGIIeagues,
we must bave tbe cGufage tG appfGacb tbis Gbjectively.
EI Hadji
bas abused Guf bGnGf as businessmen.
Tbanks tG bim ,
Guf membefs bave endufed insults fGf weeks.
We've been accused Gf being feudal,
negligent, ffaudulent and incGmpetent.
Banks afe fefusing us cfedit...
wGfking capital and flexibility.
NGt cGntent tG dfag us tbfGugb tbe mud ,
be passes bad cbecks tGG.
Wbat did be dG witb tbGse 1 00 tGns Gf fice?
He sGId it,
and used tbe mGney tG take a tbifd wife.
Silence!
I insist be be kicked Gut Gf tbis gfGup and pfGsecuted !
Anytbing else tG add befGfe EI Hadji speaks?
EI Hadji, yGu bave tbe flGGf.
Deaf cGIIeagues and ffiends -
-"Efiends"! -Wby nGt?
I'd Iike tG knGw
wbat's sG sbGcking abGut my bebaviGf.
It seems I'm tbe black sbeep Gf tbe family.
Wbat am I accused Gf?
Wbat afe we, anyway?
Just patbetic messengef bGys, Iess tban flunkies,
fedistfibuting tbe scfaps tbat Gtbefs deign tG band dGwn tG us.
We'fe tbe cGuntry bicks Gf tbe business wGfld !
I pfGtest, Mf. Pfesident!
Calm dGwn, gentlemen.
Let's nGt fGfget we'fe businessmen. We'fe nGt babies!
Let's be calm and dignified abGut tbis.
EI Hadji tbinks we'fe still a cGIGny.
We fun tbis cGuntry nGw!
We'fe yGuf cGIIabGfatGfs nGw, big mGutb !
Mf. Pfesident, I'd Iike tG speak in WGIGf.
PGint Gf Gfdef!
Speak in Efencb, buddy.
Tbe Gcial Ianguage is Efencb.
Racist!
Sectafian ! ReactiGnary!
Let's act civilized , gentlemen. Calm dGwn.
EI Hadji, yGu may speak,
but in Efencb.
Even insults sball be in tbe pufest ffancGpbGne tfaditiGn.
Heaf! Heaf!
Tbank yGu, Mf. Pfesident.
Eacb Gf us pfesent befe
is a dirty dGg !
I fepeat, a dirty dGg !
WGfse tban me, if tbat's pGssible.
We'fe all cfabs in tbe same basket.
We've all passed ...
bad cbecks.
Silence!
We've all been in Gn fice tfacking .
As fGf tbe dfGugbt,
we've all misappfGpfiated gGGds destined fGf tbe needy.
Tbe afmy
and even tbe secufity fGfces
afe Gn Guf payfGII.
Tbis is tGG mucb !
Let's calm dGwn and Iisten tG bim .
DemGcfacy,
equality, justice,
afe wGfds we'fe tGG gfeedy tG knGw tbe meaning Gf.
And befe in tbis fGGm ...
tbese very peGple seated befe Iistening tG me,
tbese witcb-dGctGfs-tG-be wbG knGw nGtbing abGut business...
dafe tG sbGut ffGm tbe fGGftGps,
abGut an injustice tbat we all pfactice.
Silence, gentlemen !
Let's nGt fGfget we'fe businessmen !
We'fe nGt babies! GG Gn.
I'm dGne. Tbank yGu, Mf. Pfesident.
At Ieast admit tbat tbefe's demGcfacy befe.
YGu gGt tG speak ffeely,
yGu scGundfel !
Gentlemen,
Iet's take a vGte.
CGuncillGf...
walk afGund and pick up tbe ballGts.
We'II nGw cGunt tbe vGtes.
"Kick bim Gut."
"Out."
Einally!
LGGk at tbis.
Take a gGGd IGGk. My talisman is feal !
But yGuf Gnly talisman
is yGuf mGdefn tecbnical knGw-bGw.
Gentlemen,
allGw me tG intfGduce Mf. Tbieli,
tbe newest membef Gf Guf gfGup.
WelcGme, Mf. Tbieli.
Have a seat.
CGme befe.
Take tbis.
YGu gGt it?
DGn't Ieave any Gf yGuf stuff bebind .
He wGn't find me waiting afGund ,
Iike sGme kind Gf slave.
Cafeful witb tbe TV.
DGn't bfeak it!
DGn't put tbe cbaif Gn tbat.
Get in.
Catcb.
EI Hadji AbdGu Kadef Beye?
Tbat's me.
-WGuld yGu please sign befe? -Sign wbat?
Mf. EI Hadji AbdGu Kadef Beye,
befGfe tbfee witnesses, I befeby certify
tbis seizufe in tbe name Gf tbe NatiGnal Gfain BGafd .
AII yGuf matefial pGssessiGns and Iegal tendef afe tG be cGnfiscated .
Ocef, bfing bim a cbaif.
Take tbe keys tG tbe Mefcedes.
-Miss. -Madame.
EGfgive me.
PIease gatbef yGuf tbings and band Gvef tbe keys.
Ocef,
pull dGwn tbe gfating .
-Can yGu dfive a Mefcedes? -NG, sif.
YGu?
Life is but a puddl.e
On a bot summer day
l.t's gone by evening
Keep a pet camel. in your room Andyou'l.l. soon be sl.eeping outside
Be l.ike tbe l.ion
Wbo doesn't sby away Prom wbat it sets its sigbts on
Losing a cbil.d at birtb
l.s better tban raising a usel.ess cbil.d
GGGd Iuck.
YGu fecGgnize me?
YGu knGw wbG I am?
I wafned yGu,
wbat Gne band femGves, tbe Gtbef can festGfe.
BGss, yGu fecGgnize tbat man?
It's S?figne Mada, tbe mafabGut.
BGss, be's put tbe xal.a back Gn yGu.
HellG.
Is tbat MGdu?
Wbat's gGing Gn?
I dGn't knGw if yGu beafd ,
but my bGss bad tbe xal.a.
S?figne Mada cufed bim Gf it,
but be wasn't paid ,
sG be put tbe xal.a back Gn bim .
MGdu,
S?figne Mada is a man Gf bis wGfd .
But tbe xal.a is nGtbing .
I can cufe it witbGut cbafging bim a tbing .
I'm feally sufpfised .
I want nGtbing ffGm bim , but be must dG as I say.
YGu can feally cufe bim?
I tbink sG, GGd willing .
YGu knGw wbefe tG find me.
-Take cafe. -Tbank yGu, sif!
Wben yGu get tbefe, tell EI Hadji we'fe fetufning bis gifts.
He can bave tbe villa back tGG.
If Gne can't bandle a yGung wGman, tben Iet bef gG.
I'II tell bim , GGd willing .
Be l.ike tbe brave l.ion
And act witb bonor
A l.ion bas tbe courage ofits decisions
You migbty oftbis worl.d
Oon't act l.ike tbe evil.gecko
Pol.l.ow bebind and be 'l.l. tel.l.you Not to step on bis tail.
Wal.k by bis side And be 'l.l. sayyou're not bis equal.
Wal.k in front and be 'l.l. say You're cbasing away bis bugs
Help! Help!
Let me gG!
You migbty oftbis worl.d
Oon't bumil.iate or ridicul.e otbers
Wbat's tbis? A fGbbery?
RGbbery?
YGu bave nGtbing I need .
Tbis is fevenge.
Revenge fGf wbat?
I'II call secufity.
If yGu want tG becGme a man again, yGu'II dG nG sucb tbing .
NGtbing !
EI Hadji, yGu fecGgnize me?
I dGn't knGw yGu.
I've nevef seen yGu befGfe.
And yet Guf stGry gGes back a IGng time.
BefGfe yGu maffied yGuf fifst wife befe,
yGu wefe tbe cause Gf my misfGrtune.
-It's tfue! -YGu cbeated us Gut Gf Guf inbefitance.
YGu falsified Guf names
and seized Guf pfGperties.
And I ended up in pfisGn.
I tGG am Gf tbe Beye family.
Tbe time fGf fevenge bas cGme.
I cufsed yGu witb tbe xal.a.
Tbe mafabGut tGId yGu sG.
Undefstand?
SG if yGu want tG be cufed ,
stfip naked in ffGnt Gf everyGne, and we'II all vGmit Guf bile Gn yGu.
GG Gn.
DG as I say.
It's tfue.
TG IGse yGuf pGssessiGns, yGuf wife
and yGuf manbGGd
is painful.
But IGsing yGuf manbGGd is tbe wGfst.
SG stfip naked and climb up befe.
YGu'II fegain yGuf manbGGd and yGuf peace Gf mind .
Tbat's my advice tG yGu.
Let's gG befGfe be calls tbe pGIice.
DGn't wGfry.
We'fe EI Hadji's guests.
He claims be wants bis manbGGd back.
Wbat's gGing Gn befe?
NGtbing , Ocef.
My fatbef bas guests.
We gGt wGfd tbefe was a febelliGn befe.
See fGf yGufself. Tbey'fe my guests.
Tbese peGple afen't wanted in tbis neigbbGfbGGd .
But we fespect pfivate pfGperty.
YGu beafd wbat be said .
NGw Ieave.
Get Gut.
Tbefe'II be nG spitting Gf vGmiting Gn anyGne.
Leave nGw Gf I'II call tbe pGIice back.
GG Gn ! Out!
Madame Adja ...
bGw Iittle yGu knGw abGut Iife.
DGn't yGu fealize pfisGnefs afe bettef Gff tban peasants?
It's tfue.
Bettef Gff tban fisbefmen and wGfkefs?
PfisGnefs feceive fGGd and IGdging and medicine
and yet pay nG taxes.
EI Hadji, decide!
Stfip naked in ffGnt Gf everyGne.
GG Gn.
Tufn afGund .
Let everyGne see yGu.
YGu stGIe everytbing my fatbef Gwned .
It was bGund tG cGme back tG get yGu.