23 Jan 1976
That Brief Summer
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The Blood of the Pariahs
A young student from a family which considers itself "progressive" cannot marry the boy she loves as he comes from the caste of the smiths who are viewed as pariahs.
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Aminata Diawara Mariam Fofana Georges Ouedraogo
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