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Filmmaker · Senegal

Moussa Yoro Bathily

Moussa Yoro Bathily was born in 1946 in Bakel, in eastern Senegal. After the Van Vollenhoven lycée, he studied history at the University of Dakar, taught for three years in Rufisque and wrote the film criticism for the daily Le Soleil. An assistant to Ousmane Sembène, he has directed documentaries and fiction films, including a short film awarded a prize in 1978. A novelist as well, he has published two books, the first of which, in 1998, received a UNESCO prize.

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