Mamani was to participate in the 1986 screenplay of Sarraounia in a France - Burkina Faso coproduction that won the first prize in the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou .
Sarraounia is a film based on his novel and directed by the Mauritanian Med Hondo .
Mamani was to participate in the 1986 screenplay of Sarraounia , a film based on his novel and directed by the Mauritanian Med Hondo , in a France - Burkina Faso coproduction that won the first prize in the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou .