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  1. Sotigui Kouyaté: A Modern Griot

    Sotigui Kouyaté: A Modern Griot

    1996 · Documentary · 57m

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  1. Documentary Drama. Through testimonies by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carriere, Jean-Pierre Guigane, and Sotigui Kouyate himself, SOTIGUI KOUYATE: A MODERN GRIOT dresses the portrait of one of Africa's greatest actor now based in Paris. From Africa to Europe, the film unveils the multiple facets of So...

    • Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
    • 1996
    • Documentary, Drama
    • 57
  2. Descended from a long line of griots - storytellers and musicians who hold a place of honor in West African society - Sotigui Kouyaté was one of the most renowned of these oral historians,...

    • Documentary
    • Les Productions de la Lanterne
    • Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
  3. Jan 1, 1996 · Through testimonies by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carriere, Jean-Pierre Guigane, and Sotigui Kouyate himself, SOTIGUI KOUYATE: A MODERN GRIOT dresses the portrait of one of Africa's greatest actor now based in Paris.

  4. The world of African film lost one of its brightest lights in 2010 with the passing of the great actor Sotigui Kouyaté, so memorable as the old griot in Keita: Heritage of the Griot (CFAF 1996) and as the culture detective in Little Senegal (CFAF 2004). This documentary by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun traces Mr. Kouyaté’s career from his early days ...

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  6. Kouyaté played the central role of Djeliba Kouyaté in Dani Kouyaté's 1995 film Keïta! l'Héritage du griot, the character being imagined as an old dying man by his son, though portrayed as more forceful than that. The elder Kouyaté also plays instruments, simple melodies on the kora or flute.

  7. Synopsis. Through testimonies by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carriere, Jean-Pierre Guigane, and Sotigui Kouyate himself, SOTIGUI KOUYATE: A MODERN GRIOT dresses the portrait of one of Africa's...

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