"I saw the Village as a place to escape to in order to express yourself, " he said in his biography.

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The 29-year-old mayor described his village as close-knit and friendly, "the kind of place where you'd say, 'oh, it would never happen here'".

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The coupons were issued by the organisation to which the individual was assigned, in the city or village where they were registered as residents, and were valid only for a limited time and place.

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As the world celebrates the millennium, Sissako returns to visit his father in a small Malian village, a place which has not yet reached the 20th century.

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