Joseph Kumbela

Joseph Kumbela was born in 1958 in Zaire and left at thirteen for Paris, where he studied design and worked in that field for ten years. He then learned dance and theatre in New York, then acting in Los Angeles, and played supporting roles in French television films. His role in a comedy by the Burundian Léonce Ngabo won him the prize for best actor at Fespaco in 1993. Based in Switzerland, he writes and directs short films there, one of which is said to be the first African film shot in China.

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• CinemaPerle noireJoseph Kumbela · 1994Cinema