Mambaye Coulibaly
Mambaye Coulibaly (1957–2015) was a Malian film director, who pioneered animation in African cinema.
Mambaye Coulibaly
- Name
- Mambanye Coulibaly
- Occupation
- Film director
- Birthplace
- Kayes, Mali
- Died
- 7 February 2015
- Born
- 1957 · Kayes.
- Nationality
- Mali
- Education
- Paris Nanterre University
- Known for
- The Legend of Ségou
- Languages
- French
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Mambaye Coulibaly (1957–2015) was a Malian film director, who pioneered animation in African cinema.
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• Name — Mambanye Coulibaly • Occupation — Film director • Notable Works — La Geste de Ségou! • Birthplace — Kayes, Mali • Died — 7 February 2015 • Place of death — Kayes, Mali
Life
Life
Mambaye Coulibaly was born on 2 May 1957 in Kayes. After studying law, he turned to film in 1987. La Geste de Ségou! (1989), for which Coulibaly also wrote the music, was an animated short film inspired by historical events in the Bambara Empire of Ségou. The Ivorian playwright Werewere Liking designed puppets for the film. In 1996 Coulibaly started working on a feature-length animation project, Le Pouvoir de Ségou, a project relaunched in 2009 as part of the Euromédiatoon project. Unfortunately long-term illness prevented the film's completion.
Death
Death
Coulibaly died on 7 February 2015 at Kayes.
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• La Geste de Ségou!, 1989
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- 1.Biographie de Mambaye Coulibaly sur le site Africultures. Page consultée le 8 juillet 2015.
- 2.Fiche de bio-filmographie de Mambaye Coulibaly en bonus au court métrage La Geste de Ségou sur le DVD L'Afrique s'anime, P.O.M. Films, 2009.
- 3.Mambaye Coulibaly, réalisateur : Le précurseur du cinéma d’animation africain a tiré sa révérence, article de Moussa Bolly sur Maliweb le mars 2015.
- 4.Fiche de La Geste de Ségou sur Africultures. Page consultée le 8 juillet 2015.
- 5.Fespaco 2005 - Films africains sélectionnés au Festival de Cannes (liste exhaustive), article mis en ligne sur le site de la radio RFI le 23 février 2005. Page consultée le 8 juillet 2015.
- 6.Fiche de Segu fanga sur Africultures. Page consultée le 8 juillet 2015.
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