Kirikou and the Sorceress

Kirikou and the Sorceress (French: Kirikou et la Sorcière) is a 1998 traditional animation feature film written and directed by Michel Ocelot. Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba. The film was originally released on 9 December 1998. It is a co-production between companies in France (Exposure, France 3 Cinema, Les Armateurs, Monipoly, Odec Kid Cartoons), Belgium (Radio-Télévision belge) and Luxembourg (Studio O, Trans Europe Film) and animated at Rija Films' studio in Latvia and Studio Exist in Hungary.

It was so successful that it was followed by Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages, released in 2005, and adapted into a stage musical, Kirikou et Karaba, first performed in 2007. Another followup, Kirikou et les hommes et les femmes, was released in late 2012.

French voice cast

 * Doudou Gueye Thiaw: Child Kirikou
 * Awa Sene Sarr: Karaba
 * Maimouna N'Diaye: Kirikou's mother
 * Robert Liensol: Kirikou's grandfather
 * William Nadylam: Adult Kirikou
 * Sébastien Hébrant: Adult Kirikou
 * Rémi Bichet: Adult Kirikou
 * Thilombo Lubambu: Kirikou's uncle
 * Marie Augustine Diatta: the force woman
 * Moustafa Diop: the fetish on the roof
 * Isseu Niang: the small woman
 * Selly Raby Kane: Zoé, the big girl
 * Erick Patrick Correa: Boris, the big boy
 * Adjoua Barry: Boulette, a girl
 * Charles Edouard Gomis Correa: a boy
 * Marie-Louise Shedeye Diiddi: the little girl
 * Abdoulayé Diop Yama: the old person
 * Josephine Theodora M'Boup: a woman
 * Tabata N'Diaye: the old woman
 * Samba Wane: fetish talked
 * Aminatha N'Diaye: a mother
 * François Chicaïa: man of the village
 * N'Deyé Aïta N'Diaye: woman of the village
 * Abdou El Aziz Gueye: man of the village
 * Boury Kandé: woman of the village
 * Assy Dieng Bâ: Karaba's scream
 * Michel Elias: animal sounds

English voice cast

 * Theodore Sibusiso Sibeko: Kirikou
 * Antoinette Kellermann: Karaba
 * Fezile Mpela: Uncle
 * Kombisile Sangweni: The Mother
 * Mabutho Kid Sithole: The Old Man

Swahili voice cast

 * Samson Komeka: Kirikou

Japanese voice cast

 * Ryūnosuke Kamiki: Kirikou
 * Atsuko Asano: Karaba
 * Kaori Yamagata: Mother