Mahama Johnson Traoré

Mahama Johnson Traoré was born on 1 January 1942 in Dakar, the son of a businessman. Sent to study to become an engineer in Senegal, in Mali and then in France, he discovered cinema there, entered the Conservatoire libre du cinéma français and did internships on film shoots. In 1969 he was one of the founders of the Ouagadougou festival, then secretary general of the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers from 1975 to 1983 and director of the national production company from 1983 to 1985. He died in Paris on 8 March 2010.

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• Feature filmDiankha-biMahama Johnson Traoré · 1968Cinema