Inoussa Ousséïni

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Inoussa Ousséïni (born September 9, 1949 in Kellé , † January 5, 2021 in Paris ) was a Nigerien film director , politician and diplomat .

Life

Inoussa Ousséïnis interest in cinema was sparked by the films of his compatriot Moustapha Alassane . He worked as an assistant on Serge Moati's films , which he shot in Niger in 1967 and 1968. During this time he was one of the co-founders of the journal Synthèses nigériennes , for whose film section he was responsible. Ousséïni he began studying sociology at the University of Tours in France , where he founded a student film club. He devoted himself to research on sexuality in the student milieu. His research into the effects of the sexual revolution took him to Sweden. He completed his sociology studies with a license .

Inoussa Ousséïni directed a number of short films in the 1970s and 1980s . For his short film Paris is nice about the experiences of an African who entered France illegally, he was awarded the Prix ​​de la critique at the FESPACO in 1976. Under the leadership of Ousséïnis, the Consortium Interafricain de Distribution Cinématographique (CIDC) began its activity in 1980 . The CIDC acquired distribution channels from a subsidiary of the French cinema group UGC , which had de facto monopolized film distribution in francophone sub-Saharan Africa . Ousséïni also initiated the Prix ​​Boubou Hama , Niger's national literary prize, which was first awarded in 1989.

After the coup led by Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara , Inoussa Ousséïni was appointed Minister for Communication, Culture, Youth and Sport and as a government spokesman in the Niger government on February 1, 1996. On August 23, 1996, Minister Abdoul Ramane Seydou took over the youth and sport departments . On June 13, 1997, Mariama Gamatié Bayard replaced Ousséïni as Minister of Communications and Culture and as government spokesman . In 2004 Ousséïni was appointed Niger's ambassador and permanent representative to UNESCO . He founded the documentary film festival Forum africain du film documentaire de Niamey , which first took place in December 2006 in Niamey .

Inoussa Ousséïni died in Paris in January 2021 at the age of 71 after a serious illness.

Filmography

  • 1970: La Sangsue
  • 1974: Paris is beautiful (Paris c'est joli)
  • 1975: Ganga
  • 1976: Une jeunesse face à la culture
  • 1976: Lutte saharienne
  • 1976: Médecines et médecins
  • 1977: Le griot Badye
  • 1980: Fantasia
  • 1980: Fêtes traditionalnelles populaires du Niger
  • 1980: Le Soro
  • 1980: Wasan kara
  • 1986: Tahoua at 2 le festival

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography of Inoussa Ousséini. In: Africultures. Retrieved October 17, 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ Clément Tapsoba: Les grandes dates du cinéma africain. In: Africiné. January 8, 2007, accessed October 17, 2015 (French).
  3. ↑ Ibrahim Issa: Grandes Eaux Noires. Le premier livre de littérature nigérienne en français . Introduction and notes from Jean-Dominique Pénel. L'Harmattan, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-296-12854-5 , Introduction: Rééditer Grandes Eaux Noires, p. 19 .
  4. ^ Governments of the President Ibrahim Maïnassara Baré. Présidence de la République du Niger, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; Retrieved October 17, 2015 (French).
  5. ↑ Maman Sani Soulé Manzo: Interview de M. Inoussa Ousseini. In: Africiné. January 8, 2009, accessed October 17, 2015 (French).
  6. ^ A. Soumana: Décès de SEM. Inoussa Ousseini, Délégué permanent du Niger auprès de l'UNESCO: Cinéaste dans l'âme, il fut un des pionniers du film documentaire au Niger. In: Niger Diaspora. January 5, 2021, accessed January 6, 2021 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Ousséïni, Inoussa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien film director, politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Trowel
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 2021
Place of death Paris