Moustapha Alassane

Moustapha Alassane was born in 1942 in N'Dounga, in Niger. A mechanics graduate with a passion for tinkering, he was noticed by Jean Rouch, learned the technique at the research institute in Niamey and trained in Canada with Norman McLaren. He became the first animation filmmaker in sub-Saharan Africa, using puppets and frogs, his favourite animal, in social satires; his 1966 western is held to be the first on the continent. His workshop was in Tahoua. He died on 17 March 2015 in Ouagadougou.

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• CinemaToulaMoustapha Alassane · 1973Cinema