Damouré Zika

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Damouré Zika (* 1924 in Niamey ; † April 6, 2009 ibid) was a Nigerien film actor , radio presenter and healer .

Life

Damouré Zika belonged to the Songhai ethnic group . From his father he learned the craft of fishing and hippo hunting on the Niger . At the age of 18 he made the acquaintance of the 25-year-old Frenchman Jean Rouch , who was in charge of road and bridge construction projects in what was then the French colony of Niger. Rouch made sure that Zika, who had knowledge of traditional African medicine through his father , trained as a nurse. Zika subsequently excelled in fighting a meningitis epidemic in 1945. Jean Rouch, who had been in France in the meantime, returned to Niger in 1947 and renewed his acquaintance with Damouré Zika. This led to a close friendship that lasted until Rouch's death in 2004.

When Jean Rouch began his career directing ethnographic films in Niger and other African countries, he mostly worked with Zika, who was his assistant director, sound engineer and, above all, actor. Zika also gave him access to rituals from the Songhai culture. He also worked with Nigerien filmmakers such as Moustapha Alassane , Oumarou Ganda, and Djingarey Maïga . Zika continued to work for the health authorities during these years and continued to treat patients free of charge during his retirement. For many years he hosted a health program that was broadcast every fortnight on the state radio program Voix du Sahel .

Jean Rouch was killed in a traffic accident in 2004 in which Zika was in the same car. When Zika died five years later, he left four wives, 35 children and 80 grandchildren. He was buried not far from Boubou Hama in the Muslim cemetery of Yantala in the capital Niamey. In 2016 the École Nationale de Santé Publique , the school for health professions in Niamey, was named after Damouré Zika.

Filmography

As an actor
  • 1957: Jaguar
  • 1970: Petit à petit
  • 1973: Saitane
  • 1974: Cocorico monsieur Poulet
  • 1974: Toula or The Spirit of Water
  • 1976: Babatou - The three pieces of advice
  • 1976: L'étoile noire
  • 1979: Nuages ​​noirs
  • 1980: L'éxilé
  • 1983: Aube noire
  • 1993: Madame L'Eau
  • 1993: Sirga - The Lioness
  • 1997: I'm tired from standing, I'm lying down
As an assistant director
  • 1967: La chasse au lion à l'arc
  • 1970: Un lion nommé "L'Américain"
As a sound engineer
  • 1955: Les Maîtres fous
  • 1957: Jaguar

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Delphine Boudon: Damouré Zika. In: cineartistes.com. April 10, 2009, accessed January 9, 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ a b c Ronald Bergan: Damouré Zika obituary. In: The Guardian . April 21, 2009, accessed January 7, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Candide Etienne: Décès de Damouré Zika. In: Clap Noir. April 7, 2009, accessed January 9, 2015 (French).
  4. ^ Paul Henley: The Adventure of the Real. Jean Rouch and the Craft of Ethnographic Cinema . The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2009, ISBN 978-0-226-32714-3 , pp. 324 .
  5. ↑ Erwan Bertho: Commémorations du November 11, 1918 sorties scolaires, "monuments aux morts pour la France de Niamey (Niger) en 2014". In: Histoire & Géographie. November 18, 2014, accessed August 10, 2019 (French).
  6. ↑ Damouré Zika enfin immortalisé: l'Ecole Nationale de Santé Publique de Niamey portera désormais le nom de Damouré Zika. In: Niger Diaspora. May 26, 2016, archived from the original on June 5, 2016 ; Retrieved June 5, 2016 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Zika, Damouré
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien film actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Niamey
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2009
Place of death Niamey