Coumba

Synopsis



Faced with drought and the departure of her immigrant husband to Gabon, Coumba, a twenty-five-year-old illiterate woman, leaves her home village for the city in search of a better life. The young woman finds a job as a servant in a wealthy part of the city. Things go wrong when his boss falls under his spell. Coumba rejects his advances but one day he takes advantage of the absence of the housewife to abuse her. Coumba has no choice but to leave, she then becomes an easy prey for unscrupulous men. Coumba is supported by lovers and gets pregnant, she goes down to hell: she loses her job, and finds herself alone, abandoned by everyone. Desperate, she tried a failed clandestine abortion. Determined to get rid of this child Coumba commits the irreparable... COUMBA is part of the digital capital project whose goal is to revive and revive the masterpieces of our country.

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