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Akissi Delta

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Akissi Delta, born Loukou Akisse Delphine (born 1960) is an actress and filmmaker from the Ivory Coast.

Life

Born in Dimbokro on 5 March 1960,[1] Akissi Delta never attended school. Starting as a dancer and model,[2] she acted in Léonard Groguhet's Comment ça va and in several of Henri Duparc's films. In 2002 she created the television series Ma Famille.[3]

Filmography

As actor

  • Comment ça va [How are you], dir. Léonard Groguhet, 1987
  • Bouka, dir. Roger Gnoan M'Bala, 1988
  • Joli cœur [Sweet heart], dir. Henri Duparc, 1992
  • Au nom du Christ [In the name of Christ], dir. Roger Gnoan M'Bala, 1993
  • Rue Princesse, dir. Henri Duparc, 1993
  • Afrique, mon Afrique [Africa, My Africa], dir. Idrissa Ouédraogo, 1994
  • Bienvenue au Gondwana [Welcome to Gondwana], dir. Mamane, 2016

As director

  • Les secrets d'Akissi
  • Ma famille, 2002-17

References

  1. ^ Augustin Tapé, Akissi Delta: l'analphabète qui a su se faire un place dans le cinéma ivoirien, Gender Links for Equality and Justice, June 21, 2015.
  2. ^ Roger Adzafo, Akissi Delta: the story an illiterate that has become icon of African cinema[permanent dead link], Africa Top Success, 4 June 2018.
  3. ^ Kenneth W. Harrow; Carmela Garritano (2018). A Companion to African Cinema. Wiley. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-119-09985-7.

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