Habib Dembélé Explained

Birth Date:19 April 1962
Birth Place:San, Mali
Occupation:Actor, playwright, poet, novelist
Education:Institut National des Arts de Bamako
Citizenship:Mali

Habib Dembélé (born 19 April 1962) is a Malian actor, director, and author, and a candidate for the Malian Presidential elections of 2002 and 2018.

Early life and education

Dembélé attended to Malian Institut National des Arts de Bamako (INA) after a school diploma : Etudes Fondamentales (DEF).

Career

Dembélé is an actor, director, and author.[1]

He performs on both stage and screen.[2] He founded the Gouakoulou Company, the Guimba National Company and the Mandenka International Theatre. He received Mali's Best Actor Award in 1984. His theatre credits include The Strange Destiny of Wangrin, Hyène à jeun and Waari. His film credits include Guimba, le tyran and Finzan (by Cheick Oumar Sissoko), Filon d'or (by Sidi Diabaté) and Macadam Tribu (by Zeca Laplaine). He was also the assistant director on Cheick Oumar's 1997 film La genèse.

Dembélé co-adapted and performed in Sophocles' Antigone and his writing credits include plays such as A vous la nuit, and a novel Sacré Kaba. Dembélé has worked with renowned theatre director Peter Brook in several plays, among them Tragédie d'Hamlet, Tierno Bokar, and Sizwe Banzi is Dead.

Politics

Dembélé was a candidate for the Malian Presidential elections of 2002 and 2018.[3] [4] [5]

Theatre career

Filmography

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Habib Dembélé : l'Exil pour les planches. Le Monde.fr. 15 December 2006.
  2. Web site: Le Monde - Toute l'actualité en continu. Le Monde.fr.
  3. http://maliactu.net/mali-candidature-de-habib-dembele-dit-guimba-national-communique-de-presse-elections-presidentielles-2018-au-mali/
  4. Web site: Maliweb.net - le comédien Habib Dembélé dit Guimba : S'il n' y a pas de candidat auquel je fais confiance, je me présenterai à l'élection présidentielle de 2012»". 28 July 2007.
  5. Web site: «À vous la nuit» d’Habib Dembélé Guimba national à l’ex-CCF . Mali . 9 February 2023 . 15 November 2016.
  6. Vie et enseignement de Tierno Bokar, le sage de Bandiagara (1957, rewritten in 1980), a book by Amadou Hampâté Bâ, published in English as , Bloomington, Indiana: World Wisdom, 2008.

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