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[[Image:French Sizwe Banzi.JPG|thumb|right|Dembélé (left) and Pitcho Womba Konga in ''Sizwe Banzi is Dead'', [[Barbican Centre]], London, May 2007]]
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'''Habib Dembélé''' is a [[Malian]] [[actor]]. He performs on both stage and screen. 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 Tribe'' (by [[Meca Laplaine]]). He was also the assistant director on Cheick Oumar's 1997 film ''La genèse''.
'''Habib Dembélé''' is a [[Malian]] [[actor]]. He performs on both stage and screen. 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 Tribe'' (by [[Meca Laplaine]]). He was also the assistant director on Cheick Oumar's 1997 film ''La genèse''.

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Habib Dembélé (left) and Pitcho Womba Konga in Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Barbican Centre, London, May 2007

Habib Dembélé is a Malian actor. He performs on both stage and screen. 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 Tribe (by Meca 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 (A vous la nuit, etc.) 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.