Allah is Not Obliged (2026)

6.5/10 80 min Animation Drama War

Overview

When ten-year-old Birahima’s mother dies, he leaves his native village in Guinea, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima becomes a child-soldier. Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity.

Cast

Chris Aboubacar Hanta Traoré / SK 07

Birahima (voice)

Thomas Ngijol

Yacouba (voice)

Marc Zinga

(voice)

Annabelle Lengronne

(voice)

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