Mahama Johnson Traoré
Mahama Johnson Traoré | |
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Born | |
Died | March 8, 2010 | (aged 68)
Nationality | Senegalese |
Occupation(s) | film director, producer, screenwriter, & author |
Years active | 1960s–1990s |
Notable work | Lambaye |
Spouse | Daba Rokhaya Traoré |
Children | Malick Mahama Traoré, Ken Alice Traoré, Kani Diarra Traoré, Awa Tamaro Traoré, Sidy Mahama Traoré Jr. |
Mahama Johnson Traoré (1942–2010) was a Senegalese film director, writer, and co-founder of the
Biography
Traoré was born in 1942 at Dakar.[1] The son of a businessman, Traoré studied in Senegal, Mali and France to be an electrical engineer. In Paris he quit his studies to follow a passion for film. There he enrolled in the Conservatoire libre du cinéma français, an avant-garde school inspired by current German and Italian cinema and the theoretical approaches of the French ORTF.[2]
He married Rokhaya Daba Diop and has 4 kids: Ken Alice Traoré, Sidy Mahama Johnson Traoré Jr., Awa Tamaro Traoré and Kani Diarra Traoré.
Films
Traoré became one of the premier filmmakers of the post-independence generation, associated with artists such as
Traoré was working on an historical drama (Nder ou les flammes de l’honneur), co-written with Algerian producer
Cultural activities
Traoré was one of the founders in 1969 of the prestigious Pan-African Cinema Festival
He was also founder, editor, and publisher from 2008 of the PanAfrican arts magazine, Cahiers d’Afrique.[6] Active with FESPACO and film making up until his death, in 2009 he was made Chevalier de l’Ordre des arts, des lettres et de la communication by the government of Burkina Faso.[7] In July 2009, he served as a Jury Member at the Second Festival culturel panafricain d’Alger (PANAF).[7]
Death
He died on 8 March 2010 in Paris, after suffering a long term kidney illness,[1] and was interred in the Muslim cemetery of Yoff, near Dakar.[7]
Filmography[10]
- 1969 : Diankha-bi (The young girl)
- 1969 : L’Enfer des innocents
- 1970 : Diègue-Bi (The young woman)
- 1971 : L’Étudiant africain face aux mutations
- 1971 : L’Exode rural
- 1972 : Lambaye
- 1972 : Reou-Takh (Big City)
- 1974 : Garga M’Bossé (the Cactus)
- 1975 : Njangaan (the Disciple)
- 1980 : Sarax si (the Alms)
- 1982 : La médecine traditionnelle
References
- ^ a b c d Senegalese film-maker Johnson Traore dies. AFP. 10 March 2010
- ^ a b REGARDS D'AFRIQUE - Mahama Johnson Traoré. TV5 Monde, 2008.
- ISBN 978-0-86543-697-8pp. 206-218
- ^ a b Nécrologie Décès du cinéaste Mahama Johnson Traoré : Un militant de la cause féminine s’éclispe. Fatou K. SENE, Walfadjri 10/03/2010
- ISBN 978-1-904303-34-3p. 124
- ^ a b Cinéma : Nder ou les flammes de l’honneur, le film en chantier de Mahama Johnson Traoré. Le Quotidien (Dakar) 16-11-2009
- ^ a b c d Mahama Johnson Traoré inhumé vendredi au cimetière musulman de Yoff Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. (APS) 10/03/2010
- ISBN 978-0-253-20707-4pp. 57-62
- ^ Manthia Diawara. (1992) p.42
- ISBN 978-2-84586-958-5pp. 254, 257, 280, 289, 297, 317, 325, 353-54, 379.
External links
- (in French) Portrait sur Africultures[permanent dead link]
- (in French) « L'Islam noir n'est pas violent », entretien avec Mahama Johnson Traoré, propos recueillis par Mame M'Bissine Diop (Africultures, n° 47, avril 2002)
- (in French) « Mahama Johnson Traoré », article de M’Bissine Diop dans Africultures, n° 47, avril 2002