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Bakanja: a life without compromise
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Bakanja: a life without compromise

1989-01-01 · 88 min · Not rated

Drama

Presents a dramatization of the life and death of Isidore Bakanja who was born in the Belgian Congo around 1885. He was converted to Christianity by Catholic missionaries but later was persecuted by an athiest employer who treated him mercilessly because he refused to remove his scapular.

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Production details

Directors
Bokakala Nkolobise
Production companies
Paulines Audiovisuals Africa
Countries
Kenya
Status
Released

Top Cast

AtandeMbuli
BolakofoCatéchiste
BolemboPêcheur
Jos CalsiusLongange
Henk DeKuyperEvêque
Etaka EyombeEtaka
Pierre GabbiadiniPrêtre itinérant
Ibong SubagioKapita-maçon
José JakrowskiReynders
Lomboto LofikoIyongo
JM MabalayConcubine Reynders
Dinga MatamatauBasele
MingamboPère Bakanja
Elya MingamboBakanja
MonkozoIseboya
NgindolaIfaso
OsalakaMère Bakanja
Jef Van De VeldeChef chantier
Herman Van DijckInspecteur
Honoré VinckDirecteur

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