Mambanye Coulibaly | |
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| 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 pioneeredanimation inAfrican cinema.
Mambaye Coulibaly was born on 2 May 1957 inKayes. 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 theBambara Empire ofSégou.[2] The Ivorian playwrightWerewere 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 theEuromédiatoon project. Unfortunately long-term illness prevented the film's completion.
Coulibaly died on 7 February 2015 at Kayes.[2]
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