“Sinners” landed across African theaters with a coordinated push. “Saloum” had festival acclaim, genre storytelling, and commercial appeal, but traveled a harder road.
Both films root horror in real histories, real geographies, and real memories.
This isn’t about competition, but connecting them across a shared struggle. Not a fight between films; a cross-continental conversation about storytelling, access, and what gets lost or found.
An Akoroko deep dive.
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