Film: Kirikou and the Sorceress (Kirikou et la Sorcière) is a 1998 traditional animation feature film written and directed by Michel Ocelot. Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.
It is a co-production between companies in France, Belgium and Luxembourg and animated at Rija Films’ studio in Latvia and Studio Exist in Hungary. The voices and music recorded in Senegal.The original French voice acting was performed by a cast of West African actors and schoolchildren and recorded in Dakar. The English dubbing, also directed by Ocelot, was made in South Africa. Music by Senegalese singer; Youssou N'Dour.