Mambaye Coulibaly

Malian film director, composer and film editor (1957–2015)

Mambanye Coulibaly
Born	2 May 1957 (1957-05-02) Kayes, Mali
Died	7 February 2015 (2015-02-08) (aged 57) Kayes, Mali
Occupation	Film director
Notable work	La Geste de Ségou!

Mambaye Coulibaly (1957–2015) was a Malian film director, who pioneered animation in African cinema.

Life

Mambaye Coulibaly was born on 2 May 1957 in Kayes. After studying law, he turned to film in 1987.^[1] 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.^[2] The Ivorian playwright Werewere Liking designed puppets for the film.^[3]

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. Coulibaly died on 7 February 2015 at Kayes.^[2]

Films

La Geste de Ségou!, 1989

References

^ Assane Koné, Cinéma malien en deuil : Mambaye Coulibaly, le précurseur du cinéma d’animation africain n’est plus, MaliWeb, 13 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b Mambaye Coulibaly, réalisateur : Le précurseur du cinéma d’animation africain a tiré sa révérence, Malijet, 28 February 2015.
^ Kenneth W. Harrow (1997). With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema. Rodopi. p. 169. ISBN 90-420-0154-2.