The title's meaning is unclear: buud can mean both "ancestors" and "descendants", while yam means "spirit" or "intelligence."[4] It has been translated as Soul of the Group.[5][6]
Plot
The film draws on the African oral tradition.[7] Set in a nineteenth century village, it follows a group of characters from Kaboré's debut film Wend Kuuni.[8] Wend Kuuni (Serge Yanogo) is a young man who is suspected of being responsible, through the use of sorcery, for his adopted sister's ill health. To help his sister, and clear his name, he tries to find a healer who uses the legendary "lion's herbs". He also searches for his own roots.[8][9]
^Martin, Michael T.; Kaboré, Gaston (30 August 2018). ""I am a Storyteller, Drawing Water from the Well of My Culture": Gaston Kaboré, Griot of African Cinema". Research in African Literatures. 33 (4): 161–179. JSTOR3820506.
^"Research in African Literatures". African and Afro-American Studies and Research Center, University of Texas [at Austin. 30 August 2018 – via Google Books.
