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Set in ‘La Maca’, a prison deep in the forest of Côte d'Ivoire, where the prisoners rule, a new inmate must survive the night of the red moon by becoming the new ‘Roman’ or storyteller and enthralling his fellow prisoners until dawn. Drawing on the figure of Scheherazade from ‘Arabian Nights’ as well as West African griot traditions, The Night of the Kings effortlessly blends social commentary with folktale.

M | Mature themes, violence and coarse language