Molaade Movie Essay

The motion picture Moolaade by producer Sembene Ousmane is a very emotional and inspiring movie. At the beginning of the movie girls are made to have female genital mutilation done which they know is very dangerous and painful. When four little girls run away from a purification ceremony where they get cut, they escape to Colle, a woman who refused to have her own daughter Amasatou circumcised. Colle Ardo is an everyday hero in Burkina Faso and by the end of the movie she saves the girls from having to get female genital mutilation. Also, she changes the views of people in Burkina Faso. One critic, Karen Lindo says, “Determined to protect four prepubescent girls from female circumcision, the key female protagonist Collé stands up to the Salindana (female practitioners of female gender mutilation) as well as to the larger patriarchal order represented by the Elders. Collé’s determination to protect these young girls marks the occasion to formally defend an expression of femininity that sets her apart from the other women in her village,
Six young girls fled from a purification ceremony and four of them showed up at Colle Ardo house seeking hiding and she gave them a safe place. Colle went against the traditions by giving shelter to these girls and invoking Moolaade which was considered as providing sanctuary to an individual, with the violation of such refugee being forbidden in society. The other two girls drowned their selves so they did not have to get cut. Female genital mutilation is very dangerous most girls dying during or after the procedure is performed. This scene is about everyday heroism because Colle wanted to save and protect the girls from being circumcised so they do not have to go through all the pain and shame she went