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Moussa Touré (born 1958), is a Sénégalese filmmaker. He is best known as the director of critically acclaimed films Toubab Bi, TGV and La Pirogue. Apart from direction, he is also a technician, writer, producer and actor.
Moussa Touré. Director: TGV. Born in 1958 in Sénégal, Moussa Touré starts working early for the cinema. Debuting as a technician he soon turns to direction, with a first short in 1987 and a first feature in 1991, the multi-awarded Toubab Bi (1991).
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Moussa Touré né en 1958 à Dakar , est un technicien, écrivain, producteur, acteur, cinéaste et réalisateur sénégalais. Il est récompensé au Festival de Cannes pour son long métrage Toubab Bi.
Jan 22, 2013 · Directed by Moussa Touré. Drama. 1h 27m. By A.O. Scott. Jan. 22, 2013. In Europe as in the United States, immigration is a politically contentious issue most often addressed in abstract ...
- Moussa Touré
- Early Life
- Head of State, 1968–1991
- Opposition and Overthrow
- Trials and Pardons
- Death
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Born in Kayes Region, Traoré studied at Kita and at the military academy in Fréjus, France. He returned to Mali in 1960, after its 1959 independence. He became second lieutenant in 1961, and lieutenant in 1963. He went to Tanganyika (which later together with Zanzibar formed the new state of Tanzania) as military instructor to its liberation moveme...
On 19 November 1968 he took part in the coup d'état which deposed President Modibo Keïta. He became president of the Comité militaire de libération nationale, which made him effective Head of state of Mali. All political activity was banned. A police state was run by Captain Tiécoro Bagayoko. Informers monitored academics and teachers, mostly hosti...
In 1990, the National Congress for Democratic Initiative (Congrès National d’Initiative démocratique, CNID) was set up by the lawyer Mountaga Tall, and the Alliance for Democracy in Mali (Alliance pour la démocratie au Mali, ADEMA) by Abdramane Baba and historian Alpha Oumar Konaré. These with the Association des élèves et étudiants du Mali (AEEM) ...
Imprisoned in Markala local Prison, in February 1993, Traoré was condemned to death for "political crimes", largely focused on the killing of around 300 pro-democracy demonstrators in Bamako, but his sentence was later commuted. In 1999 he was once more condemned to death with his wife Mariam Traoré, for "economic crimes": the embezzling of the equ...
Traoré died on 15 September 2020, in Bamako,Mali just ten days before his 84th birthday.There are no details on his cause of death.
Pascal James Imperato. Traore, Gen. Moussa in Historical Dictionary of Mali, pp. 242–245. Scarecrow Press/ Metuchen. NJ – London (1986) ISBN 0-8108-1369-6Jan 22, 2013 · The third feature by director Moussa Toure, the danger-at-sea drama distinguishes itself with richly authentic detail and a deep understanding of West African culture.
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Aug 12, 2020 · The Senegalese director is preparing a dramedy about the impact of Chinese merchants in his country. The project is produced by a_BAHN and Les Films du Crocodile and will be released in 2022.
