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Filmmaker · Mali

Falaba Issa Traoré

Died in 2003

Falaba Issa Traoré was born in 1930 in Bougouni, in southern Mali. He directed an amateur troupe, then the regional troupe of Bamako from 1962 to 1968, and in 1969 founded the folklore and dramatic arts ensemble Yankadi. Winner in 1972 of the Africa Prize for poetry of the Francophonie, he left in 1973 to study directing in Germany and on his return, in 1976, headed the cinema section of the Ministry of Sports, Arts and Culture. The author of operas on the Mandinka and Bambara epics, and an actor for other filmmakers in the country, he died in Rabat on 8 August 2003.

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